Matthew 26:5; Matthew 27:24

Matthew 26:5

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Matthew 27:24

24 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.