"What is truth?"

Before Pilate he says he came to bear witness to the truth. Pilate asks, "What is truth?" and goes out without waiting for an answer.

KJV (John 18:37–38): “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?”

How it was checked

• EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
• Letter eraTHE PAYMENT c. 30 AD
• SourcesThe passage: John 18:28–38.