RYLT(i)17 for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
EJ2000(i)17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
CAB(i)17 (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
WPNT(i)17 (It was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast.)
JMNT(i)17 [this vs. omitted by most texts, but is in some MSS: Now he was normally having an obligation to release one [prisoner] to them, in accord with {the} festival.]
NSB(i)17 He must release one prisoner to them at the feast.
ISV(i)17 Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.