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
The paper lists Luke 23:17 as 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
listing for kjv mss readings evidences.docx; The Text of the Gospels as cited in the paper
Manuscript Count Snapshot
Count first, then witnesses.
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
The paper lists Luke 23:17 as 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
1 entries
Visual Support Bar
Vast majority of Greek manuscripts
This bar follows the data category. Complex readings do not claim a fake majority.
KJV/TR support: 1,500+ Greek manuscripts
Against: Fewer than 20 principal Greek witnesses