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Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could gain 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 you to it.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Taken water. It was the custom of the ancients, when they wished to show themselves innocent of any alleged crime, to take water and wash their hands in public. (St. Remigius) Because the element of water naturally signifies purity. See Virgil, Æneid xi. ver. 718. Me bello è tanto digressum, et cæde recenti Attract are nefas, donec me flumine vivo Abluero.

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