Verse Comparison: Luke 23:17
American Standard Version
`Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.'
Amplified® Bible
{For it was necessary for him to release to them one prisoner at the Feast.}
Contemporary English Version
(SEE 23:16)
Darby English Version
( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)
Good News Bible
OMITTED TEXT
International Standard Version
Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.
King James Version
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
New American Standard Bible
[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]
New International Version
New King James Version
(for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
[Now he felt obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]
Young's Literal Translation
for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,