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Luke 23

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luke.23.lk23Verse17

Ἀνάγκην ... ἕνα

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Does Luke include a festival-release explanation as verse 17?

The sentence explains that Pilate had to release one prisoner at the festival. It is absent from early and diverse witnesses and appears in varying locations, suggesting harmonization from the parallel passion accounts.

Why this default

Verse 17 is omitted by default because P75 and diverse early witnesses lack it, its placement varies, and the festival explanation closely parallels Matthew and Mark.

Evidence

ExternalOmission: P75, A, B, K, L, T, 070, 892* and important versions; inclusion: א, D, W, Θ, Ψ and the Byzantine tradition, with some witnesses relocating it.

InternalA festival-release explanation is easily imported from the Synoptic parallels; variable placement is characteristic of secondary insertion.

Project default[Verse 17 is absent.]

Project default · shorter text

Witnessesomission of verse 17 — P75, A, B, K, L, T, 070, 892*
AlternativeNow he was obliged to release one prisoner to them at the festival.

Later expanded text

WitnessesἈνάγκην ... ἕνα — א, D, W, Θ, Ψ, Byzantine witnesses
Alternative[Now he was obliged to release one prisoner to them at the festival.]

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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