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These passages \u2014 and, most particularly, Matthew\u2019s account of Pilate\u2019s washing his hands of responsibility for the death of Jesus while the Jews say \u201cHis blood be on us and on our children!\u201d \u2014 have served for centuries as a powerful basis (or pretext) for Christian anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n
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