Matthew 27:24-26

Contemporary English Version

^24 (A) Pilate saw that there was nothing he could do and that the people were starting to riot. So he took some water and washed his hands^[a] in front of them and said, “I won't have anything to do with killing this man. You are the ones doing it!”

²⁵ Everyone answered, “We and our own families will take the blame for his death!”

²⁶ Pilate set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.