Matthew 27:24
So when Pilate saw that he could not do anything, but instead a riot was starting, he took water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of the blood of this innocent man. See to it yourselves.”
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In Context
23Then he said, “Why, what crime has he done?” But they cried out even louder, “Crucify him.”
25All the people said, “May his blood be on us and our children.”
Cross References
Job 9:30If I washed myself with snow water 1 and made my hands ever so clean, 1
Jeremiah 2:27These are the ones who say to the tree, 'You are my father,' and to the stone, 'You gave birth to me.' 1 For their back faces me and not their faces. Nevertheless, they say in the time of troubles, 'Arise and save us!' 1
Matthew 26:5For they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that a riot does not arise among the people.”
Matthew 27:9Then that which had been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,
Matthew 27:54Now when the centurion and those who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they became very afraid and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
John 19:4Then Pilate went outside again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him outside to you so that you will know that I find no guilt 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 →