²⁶ The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;^[a] see to it yourselves.”^{(A) 25} Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”^(B)

The Suicide of Judas

³ When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus^[a] was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.^{(A) 4} He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent^[b] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”^{(B) 5} Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.^(C)

⁹ The king was grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded it to be given;