Matthew 27:24-25

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24} When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere,^(a) but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.^(b) See to it yourselves!”^(A)

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25} All the people answered, “His blood be on us^(B) and on our children!”

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 27:24: Lit that it availed nothing

b. Matthew 27:24: Other mss read this righteous man’s blood

Cross references:

A. Matthew 27:24: Deuteronomy 21:6-8; Psalm 26:6; Matthew 26:5; Matthew 27:4; Matthew 27:19

B. Matthew 27:25: Joshua 2:19; Acts 5:28