24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a [a]tumult was rising, he (A)took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this [b]just Person. You see to it.

25 And all the people answered and said, (B)“His blood be on us and on our children.”

26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when (C)he had [c]scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:24 an uproar
  2. Matthew 27:24 NU omits just
  3. Matthew 27:26 flogged with a Roman scourge

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