7 Bible Verses about Plea Of Innocence

You will testify, and God will, how pure and upright and irreproachable our relations were with you who believed.

When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but that a riot was beginning instead, he took some water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

Three days later, he invited the leading Jews to come to see him, and when they came he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people, or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner at Jerusalem.

Therefore I declare to you today that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,

Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor."

See how earnest this God-given pain has made you! how eager to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how eager to see me, how zealous, how avenging! At every point you have proved that you are clear of this matter.