Mat 27:24 | HCSB | STEP | When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere , but that a riot was starting instead , he took some water , washed his hands in front of the crowd , and said , “I am innocent of this man’s blood . See to it yourselves !”

Matthew 27:24

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, ^{▼▼Lit that it availed nothing} but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. ^{▼▼Other mss read this righteous man’s blood} See to it yourselves!” ^c