Verse 17

{ "verseID": "Luke.23.17", "source": "(Ἀνάγκην δὲ εἶχεν ἀπολύειν αὐτοῖς κατὰ ἑορτὴν ἕνα.)", "text": "(*Anagkēn de eichen apolyein autois kata heortēn hena*.)", "grammar": { "*Anagkēn*": "accusative feminine singular - necessity", "*de*": "postpositive particle - and/but", "*eichen*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he had", "*apolyein*": "present active infinitive - to release", "*autois*": "dative masculine plural - to them", "*kata*": "preposition + accusative - according to/at", "*heortēn*": "accusative feminine singular - feast", "*hena*": "accusative masculine singular - one" }, "variants": { "*Anagkēn eichen*": "he had necessity/he was obligated/it was necessary for him", "*apolyein*": "to release/to let go/to free", "*kata heortēn*": "at the feast/according to the feast/during the festival" } }

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