Pilate said to Him, What is truth? And when he
had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I find no fault
in Him at all. - John 18.38
Poor old Pilate. I said the other day that I can almost feel
sorry for this guy. He was certainly in a lose-lose situation. He had nothing
to do with Jesus. It really wasn’t his matter to deal with. The Jews should have handled
this situation themselves. He was exasperated. Try as he might he can’t find
any reason to convict Jesus.
Then Jesus says, ‘those who are of the truth hear me.’ You
can almost sense Pilate’s attitude as he says ‘What is truth?’ then walks away
to go tell the Jews that he can find no wrong in Jesus.
This makes me sad. It seems like Pilate is one of those
people who just almost get there. Here he stood face to face with the Truth and
asked ‘what is truth?’ He literally couldn’t see truth right before His eyes.
I know that I have been in similar situations before. I try
to share the truth with someone and they just don’t get it. Like Pilate they turn away and go on about
their business.
We can’t expect everyone we meet to accept the truth. Pilate
stared it right in the face and missed it. How sad it is when we or anyone get
that close and still fall short.
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