Matthew 27:24
“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.”
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
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.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Cross-References
“Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.”
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:”
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,”
“I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:”