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John 18:38

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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.

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John 18:38 in other translations

Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.

John 18:38 · American Standard Version

John 18:38 in context

  1. 36Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
  2. 37Pilate 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.”
  3. 38Pilate 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.
  4. 39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
  5. 40Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.