TSK · Mark 6:26

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."