:TEXT: "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." : S A B* C K W X Delta Pi f1 f13 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect syr(p,h) few cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: "I have sinned by betraying righteous blood." : B2margin L Theta lat vg syr(s,pal) most cop : ASVnCOMMENTS: The word "righteous" was used in the law courts as a synonym for "innocent" (see Luke 23:47 RSV). While it can be argued that "innocent" was introduced from the Greek Old Testament, where "innocent blood" is found 15 times to only 4 times for "righteous blood," the manuscript evidence would indicate that "righteous" was borrowed from some place such as Matthew 23:35.