Pilate Hands Jesus over to Be Crucified

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this righteous man’s blood;^[a] see to it yourselves.”

⁴⁶ and he cried with a loud voice, “I am innocent of the blood of this woman.”