Thematic Bible: Of hands
Thematic Bible
Washing » Of hands
All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken.
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?