Now What?

Now What?

If you have ever been in a court of law or seen a courtroom trial on TV? What must witnesses say before they can testify?

Oath: Do you solemnly state (swear) that the testimony you are about give in this case now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

There is a statement that continues to ring as true today as the day it was spoken in the 1^st century.  It is a timeless question that continues to be asked today (and challenged) as it will continue to be in future generations. Continue on!!

There is one specific record I want to look at tonight, and that is in John 18 (during the “so called trial of Jesus”, (but that is a topic for another day.)

John 18:27ff ESV

²⁸ Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters.^[f] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. ²⁹ So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ³⁰ They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” ³¹ Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” ³² This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

33 ^zSo Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, ^a“Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, ^b“My kingdom ^cis not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, ^dmy servants would have been fighting, that ^eI might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, ^f“You say that I am a king. ^gFor this purpose I was born and for this purpose ^hI have come into the world—ⁱto bear witness to the truth. ^jEveryone who is ^kof the truth ^llistens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”