"I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?”

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding a measure of 2,
or 3.

an uproar was starting, so.he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”

his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”

But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;

But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

And the talisman was broken, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two