Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Note Literally this blood; BYZ and TR this righteous blood
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
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.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- and washed
- Deuteronomy 21:6, 7; Job 9:30, 31; Psalm 26:6; Jeremiah 2:27, 35
- just
- Matthew 27:4, 9, 54; John 19:4; Acts 3:14; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18