When Pilate saw that he could prevail 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 ye to it.
Derick Baegert: Christ before Pilate · oil on panel - ca. 1480
Il Tintoretto: Christ before Pilate · oil on canvas - 1565-1567
Jan Lievens: Pilate washing his hands in innocence · oil on panel - 1624-1625