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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 27, Verse 24

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And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
King James Version
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].
American Standard Version
So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it] .
New English Translation
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.
World English Bible
So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
26
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.
27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers].
28
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
31
And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].
32
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
34
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.