For This Purpose

John 18:33-38a

So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “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, “My

kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would

have been fighting, that I 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,

“You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come

into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my

voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”