Jesus said to Pilate, "For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. All who are of the truth hear my voice." "What is truth?" Pilate responds.
It's popular these days to hear the words "your truth."
"That's 'your truth.'"
"Speak 'your truth'."
"Live 'your truth'."
But as Pilate asked Jesus, what is truth, yours or anyone else's? And is "your truth" the truth Jesus was born to bear witness to? Not from his words to Pilate. Jesus said he came to bear witness to the truth, not your truth, not my truth.
Again, as Pilate asked, "What is truth?"
Pilate's question is his answer and ours. To ask a question assumes meaning. It assume a hearer and a speaker, and a common understanding between the two. That common understanding, that common assumption, is the truth. The reality. Speech betrays us. We can't hide behind our words. When we open our mouths, we expose what we all know: The truth.
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