Matthew 27:24
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.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀπονίπτωaponíptōto wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically)
- ἄθωοςáthōosnot guilty
- θόρυβοςthórybosa disturbance
- ἀπέναντιapénantifrom in front, i.e. opposite, before or against
- ὠφελέωōpheléōto be useful, i.e. to benefit
- ΠιλᾶτοςPilâtosclose-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
- ὕδωρhýdōrwater (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomaito gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G99
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 27:4, Psa 26:6, 2Co 5:21, Mat 26:5, Job 9:30–31, 1Pe 3:18, Deu 21:6–8, Jhn 19:4