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Summary
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
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Bible References
Just
Matthew 27:4
saying, I have sinned, in betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
John 19:4
Then again went Pilate out, and said to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no fault at all.
Acts 3:14
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and besought that a man, a murderer, might as a favour be given unto you;
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:
General references
Mark 6:26
And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet on account of his oath, and those who sat with him, he would not refuse her.
Luke 23:21
But they clamoured the more, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause of death in him, they besought Pilate that he might be killed.