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Selected Verse: Matthew 27:24 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 27:24 |
Strong Concordance |
When [1161] Pilate [4091] saw [1492] that [3754] he could prevail [5623] nothing [3762], but [235] that rather [3123] a tumult [2351] was made [1096], he took [2983] water [5204], and washed [633] his hands [5495] before [561] the multitude [3793], saying [3004], I am [1510] innocent [121] of [575] the blood [129] of this [5127] just person [1342]: see [3700] ye [5210] to it. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He took water ... - The Jews were accustomed to wash their hands when they wished to show that they were innocent of a crime committed by others. See Deu 21:6; Psa 26:6. Pilate, in doing this, meant to denote that they were guilty of his death, but that he was innocent. But the mere washing of his hands did not free him from guilt. He was "bound" as a magistrate to free an innocent man; and whatever might be the clamour of the Jews, "he" was guilty at the bar of God for suffering the holy Saviour to be led to execution, in order to gratify the malice of enraged priests and the clamors of a tumultuous populace.
See ye to it - That is, take it upon yourselves. You are responsible for it, if you put him to death. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then Pilate took water and washed his hands - This was a custom frequently used among the heathens as well as among the Jews, in token of innocency. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Pilate - took water, and washed his hands - Thus signifying his innocence. It was a custom among the Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins, to wash the hands in token of innocence, and to show that they were pure from any imputed guilt. In case of an undiscovered murder, the elders of that city which was nearest to the place where the dead body was found, were required by the law, Deu 21:1-10, to wash their hands over the victim which was offered to expiate the crime, and thus make public protestation of their own innocence. David says, I will wash my hands in innocence, so shall I compass thine altar, Psa 26:6. As Pilate knew Christ was innocent, he should have prevented his death: he had the armed force at his command, and should have dispersed this infamous mob. Had he been charged with countenancing a seditious person, he could have easily cleared himself, had the matter been brought before the emperor. He, therefore, was inexcusable. |
6 I will wash [07364] mine hands [03709] in innocency [05356]: so will I compass [05437] thine altar [04196], O LORD [03068]:
6 And all the elders [02205] of that city [05892], that are next [07138] unto the slain [02491] man, shall wash [07364] their hands [03027] over the heifer [05697] that is beheaded [06202] in the valley [05158]:
6 I will wash [07364] mine hands [03709] in innocency [05356]: so will I compass [05437] thine altar [04196], O LORD [03068]:
1 If one be found [04672] slain [02491] in the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee to possess [03423] it, lying [05307] in the field [07704], and it be not known [03045] who hath slain [05221] him:
2 Then thy elders [02205] and thy judges [08199] shall come forth [03318], and they shall measure [04058] unto the cities [05892] which are round about [05439] him that is slain [02491]:
3 And it shall be, that the city [05892] which is next [07138] unto the slain man [02491], even the elders [02205] of that city [05892] shall take [03947] an heifer [01241] [05697], which hath not been wrought with [05647], and which hath not drawn [04900] in the yoke [05923];
4 And the elders [02205] of that city [05892] shall bring down [03381] the heifer [05697] unto a rough [0386] valley [05158], which is neither eared [05647] nor sown [02232], and shall strike off [06202] the heifer's [05697] neck [06202] there in the valley [05158]:
5 And the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878] shall come near [05066]; for them the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] to minister [08334] unto him, and to bless [01288] in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068]; and by their word [06310] shall every controversy [07379] and every stroke [05061] be tried:
6 And all the elders [02205] of that city [05892], that are next [07138] unto the slain [02491] man, shall wash [07364] their hands [03027] over the heifer [05697] that is beheaded [06202] in the valley [05158]:
7 And they shall answer [06030] and say [0559], Our hands [03027] have not shed [08210] this blood [01818], neither have our eyes [05869] seen [07200] it.
8 Be merciful [03722], O LORD [03068], unto thy people [05971] Israel [03478], whom thou hast redeemed [06299], and lay [05414] not innocent [05355] blood [01818] unto thy people [05971] of Israel's [03478] charge [07130]. And the blood [01818] shall be forgiven [03722] them.
9 So shalt thou put away [01197] the guilt of innocent [05355] blood [01818] from among [07130] you, when thou shalt do [06213] that which is right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
10 When thou goest forth [03318] to war [04421] against thine enemies [0341], and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath delivered [05414] them into thine hands [03027], and thou hast taken [07617] them captive [07628],