24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that za riot was beginning, he took water and awashed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of bthis man’s blood; csee to it yourselves.”
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Matthew 26:5
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Deuteronomy 21:6–8
And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. Accept atonement, O LORD, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’
Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O LORD,
Psalm 73:13
All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
Matthew 27:19
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.”
Matthew 27:4
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”
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