Matthew 27:24

Good News Translation (US Version)

When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!”

Cross References

Matthew 27:4

“I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said. “What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!”

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

Matthew 26:5

“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”

Acts 3:14

He was holy and good, but you rejected him, and instead you asked Pilate to do you the favor of turning loose a murderer.

John 19:4

Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”

Matthew 27:54

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Matthew 27:9

Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him,

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent; surely the Lord is no longer angry with me.’ But I, the Lord, will punish you because you deny that you have sinned.

Jeremiah 2:27

You will all be disgraced—you that say that a tree is your father and that a rock is your mother. This will happen because you turned away from me instead of turning to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and save you.

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night I suffered much on account of him.”

Matthew 27:23

But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?” Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!”

John 13:9

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, do not wash only my feet, then! Wash my hands and head, too!”