Thematic Bible: Of hands, a token of innocence
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Washing » Of hands, a token of innocence
And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,
And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: