Matthew 27:18

27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) 1 

Matthew 27:23-24

27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When 2  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!” 3 

1 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

3 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.