"When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but {that} rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed {his} hand…" — Matthew 27:24

Matthew 27:24 · KJV

“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}.”

— Matthew 27:24

Verse 23

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Verse 25

Then answered all the people, and said, His blood {be} on us, and on our children.

Matthew 27 — Context

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

Matthew 27:4

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What {is that} to us? see thou {to that}.

2 Corinthians 5:21

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.

Psalms 26:6

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Job 9:30-31

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Deuteronomy 21:6-8

And all the elders of that city, {that are} next unto the slain {man}, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

John 19:4

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.