约翰福音第十八章彼拉多审讯耶稣的时候，对耶稣说：“你是王吗？” 耶稣回答说：“你说我是王。我为此而生，也为此来到世间，特为给真理作见证。凡属真理的人就听我的话”。彼拉多对耶稣说：“真理是什么呢？” 说了这话，彼拉多并没有听耶稣回答真理是什么，而是转身出去对犹太人说话了。可见，彼拉多并不真想听真理是什么，只是随口一问而已。这是因为他认为他在世界里所学的那些道理就是真理，没必要听耶稣讲这个。

约18:37 彼拉多就对他说、这样、你是王么。耶稣回答说、你说我是王．我为此而生、也为此来到世间、特为给真理作见证．凡属真理的人、就听我的话。
Pilate 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."
约18:38 彼拉多说、真理是甚么呢。说了这话、又出来到犹太人那里、对他们说、我查不出他有甚么罪来。
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.