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Matthew 27:24

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So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

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Matthew 27:24 in other translations

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.

Matthew 27:24 · American Standard Version

Matthew 27:24 in context

  1. 22Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?”
    They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
  2. 23But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?”
    But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
  3. 24So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
  4. 25All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
  5. 26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.