真理是什麽呢 — 約翰福音讀經隨筆 第18章

約翰福音第十八章彼拉多審訊耶穌的時候，對耶穌說：“你是王嗎？” 耶穌回答說：“你說我是王。我為此而生，也為此來到世間，特為給真理作見證。凡屬真理的人就聽我的話”。彼拉多對耶穌說：“真理是什麽呢？” 說了這話，彼拉多並沒有聽耶穌回答真理是什麽，而是轉身出去對猶太人說話了。可見，彼拉多並不真想聽真理是什麽，隻是隨口一問而已。這是因為他認為他在世界裏所學的那些道理就是真理，沒必要聽耶穌講這個。

約18:37 彼拉多就對他說、這樣、你是王麽。耶穌回答說、你說我是王．我為此而生、也為此來到世間、特為給真理作見證．凡屬真理的人、就聽我的話。
Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
約18:38 彼拉多說、真理是甚麽呢。說了這話、又出來到猶太人那裏、對他們說、我查不出他有甚麽罪來。
Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.