Pilate, in turn, answers with a question: “What is truth?”
His tone’s inflection is never described. Is it spiteful? Dismissive? Sarcastic even? Perhaps unlikely because, again, he approached the Jews saying, “I find no crime in him” (John 18:38). At this moment, Pilate seems sympathetic to Jesus and poised to spurn the crowd’s demands. But we know how the story goes: afraid of a riot by the Jews and a reprimand — or worse — by Caesar, the Roman governor caves and has Jesus crucified.
His brief response though is worth a moment’s meditation.
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