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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 27:24 in context
Matthew 27:21–27
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But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
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Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
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But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?”
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
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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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All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
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Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
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