The Hands were Washed in Token of Innocency
2 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
- Deuteronomy 21:6–7 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken, …
- Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Related topics
The Hands were WashedThe HandsAblution of the Hands, As a Token of InnocencyWashing of Hands, a Token of InnocenceInquestInnocency
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.