Matthew 27:24-26

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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!” ^{Tools
26} Then he released Barabbas to them. But after having Jesus flogged,^(c) he handed Him over to be crucified.^(C)

Footnotes:

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

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

c. Matthew 27:26: Roman flogging was done with a whip made of leather strips embedded with pieces of bone or metal that brutally tore the flesh.

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

C. Matthew 27:26: Isaiah 53:5; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16; John 19:1