Matthew 27:23-25 the governor said, why, what mischief has he done? but they cried out the more, let him be crucified.

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ the governor said, why, what mischief has he done? but they cried out the more, let him be crucified. ²⁴ Pilate perceiving he was so far from prevailing, that they were more tumultuous, he took water, and washed his hands before all the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: you are answerable for it. ²⁵ at this all the people cry'd out, "his blood be on us, and on our children."