John 18 – Truth is that which has been/is being revealed

Jesus: My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.

Pilate: So You are a king?

Jesus: You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.

Pilate: What is truth?

Interestingly, Pilate does not allow Jesus to answer this rather philosophical question. Rather, Pilate goes out to the Jewish leaders and tries to barter with them.

What is truth? The Geek Word aletheia literally means the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident. Stealing a few lines from wikipedia, “aletheia is the truth that first appears when something is seen or revealed. It is to take out of hiddenness to uncover. It is not something that is connected with that which appears. Allowing something to appear is then the first act of truth; for example, one must give attention to something before it can be a candidate for any further understanding, for any understanding of space it must first somehow appear. Untruth, then, is something concealed or disguised.”

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