Quiz: Bible Catchphrases

The story of Pilate washing his hands as a sign of innocence is from Matthew's Gospel: "When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it." (Matthew 27:24). In the modern secular language, the expression "washing one's hands" can mean: to withdraw from the case; to avoid responsibility, etc.