Matthew 27:24–25

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When32 Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”33 27:25 In34 reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

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32	tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
33	sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.
34	tn Grk “answering, all the people said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.