Luke 23:17
Release at the Feast
Reading Supported
For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.
Variant Issue
Modern editions often omit the verse, while the KJV/TR includes the explanation of the feast custom.
Quick read
Luke 23:17 is a vast-majority reading with 1,500+ Greek manuscripts supporting and fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses against.
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Sources used
INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable
Manuscript Count Snapshot
Manuscript evidence at a glance.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against
Fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses
Support category
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Lectionary support
Greek lectionaries contain the verse
Main evidence against
P75, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, K, L, T, Pi, 0124, 892 first hand, 1241
Evidence Summary
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
Luke 23:17 is a vast-majority reading with 1,500+ Greek manuscripts supporting and fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses against.
Greek support
1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses
Patristic
None listed
Site Summary Score
93% for / 7% against
A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.
For the KJV/TR reading: 93% site summary score
Against or alternate readings: 7% site summary score
Greek support snapshot: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses