In line with the work's anti-Judaic theme, it pointedly remarked that Herod and "the Jews", unlike Pilate, refused to "wash their hands" of responsibility for the death.
Sejalan dengan tema karya anti-Yahudi tersebut mengatakan bahwa Herodes dan "bangsa Yahudi", seperti Pilatus, menolak untuk "mencuci tangan" dari tanggung jawab atas kematian.