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23 Pilate answered, “But what crime has he done?”

“Nail him to a cross!” they yelled even louder.

24 (A) Pilate saw that there was nothing he could do and that the people were starting to riot. So he took some water and washed his hands[a] in front of them and said, “I won't have anything to do with killing this man. You are the ones doing it!”

25 Everyone answered, “We and our own families will take the blame for his death!”

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Footnotes

  1. 27.24 washed his hands: To show that he was innocent.

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