Matthew 27:24
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Pilate, neglecting right and just judgment, did not even reason that he was giving an innocent man over to death, though he was master of delivering him. And he washes his hands, having supposed that through this he was free of the sin — which is foolish to think. Perhaps, as a gentile, he imagined that the water itself sufficed for cleansing of sins (Matthew 27:24).
Greek
Ἀμελήσας τῆς ὀρθῆς καὶ δικαίας κρίσεως ὁ Πιλᾶτος οὐδὲ ἐλο γίσατο ἐκδοῦναι ἀναίτιον εἰς θάνατον καίπερ κύριος ὢν τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι αὐτόν· καὶ νίπτεται τὰς χεῖρας ὑπονοήσας ἑαυτὸν διὰ τούτου τῆς ἁμαρ τίας ἐλεύθερον, ὅπερ ἐστὶν μωρὸν ἐννοῆσαι. τάχα δὲ ὡς ἐθνικὸς ἐνό μιζεν, ὅτι ἀρκεῖ αὐτὸ πρὸς καθαίρεσιν ἁμαρτημάτων τὸ ὕδωρ.