Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Matthew 27:9Then the word was fulfilled which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that had a price set upon him, on whom some of the children of Israel did set a price,
Matthew 27:54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.
John 19:4Then Pilate came out again, and said to them: Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:12-26
Christ at the Bar of Pilate. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom… Read the whole commentary →