Thematic Bible: Of hands, a token of innocence
Thematic Bible
Washing » Of hands, a token of innocence
And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain one, shall wash their hands over the heifer that has been beheaded in the stream.
But when Pilate saw that it gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. You see to it.
Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.