Thematic Bible: Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency
Thematic Bible
Purification » Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency
All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”