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Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
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A Note in the Margins
Commentators like Charles Ellicott note that this verse is missing from many of the oldest and most reliable manuscripts. It was likely a later addition by a scribe to explain the custom of releasing a prisoner, which then found its way into the main text. This provides insight into the careful process of textual scholarship.
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19th Century
Anglican
For of necessity he must release one to them.—Literally, he had a necessity. The better manuscripts are remarkab…
Baptist
I will therefore chastise him, and release him. (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) And they cried out all at once, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For of necessity he must release one And therefore proposed to release Jesus
unto them at the fea…
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Presbyterian
The fear of man brings many into this snare, so that they do an unjust thing against their consciences, rather than get into trouble. Pilate declar…
