“This question had long agitated the world. It was the great subject of inquiry in all the schools of the Greeks. Different sects of philosophers had held different opinions, and Pilate now, in derision, asked him, whom he esteemed an ignorant fanatic, whether he could solve this long-agitated question. He might have had an answer. If he had patiently waited in sincerity, Jesus would have told him what it was. Thousands ask the question in the same way. They have a fixed contempt for the Bible; they deride the instructions of religion; they are unwilling to investigate and to wait at the gates of wisdom; and hence, like Pilate, they remain ignorant of the great Source of truth, and die in darkness and in error. All might find truth if they would seek it; none ever will find it if they do not apply for it to the great source of light the God of truth, and seek it patiently in the way in which he has chosen to communicate it to mankind. How highly should we prize the Bible! And how patiently and prayerfully should we search the scriptures, that we may not err and die forever! See the notes at” (from Barnes' Notes 0n John 18:38)


We’re going to attempt an answer of the question “What is truth” in an exhaustive manner (that is explore it from every conceivable angle) as we can in the time given, in order to gain it’s understanding.

Some people believe we can know truth.

Some think truth is relative to the situation.

And then there are some who feel that “There is no such thing as truth”!

Where do you stand on this matter?

Can you defend your belief about truth, or do you follow it on faith alone?

To get a better understanding on the Biblical understanding of truth, let’s take a look at Paul’s apologetic to Festus and King Agrippa (Great Grandson of Herod the Great) in Acts 26:

Paul had appealed to Cesar, and was awaiting his trip to Rome and “A few days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus” (Acts 25:13). After Festus explained Paul’s case King Agrippa said “I would like to hear this man myself.” (Acts 25:22) and Festus acquiesced.

The following day Paul made his famous argument to Agrippa and Festus. Paul went on to describe how he was raised (his biography), how he had initially persecuted the followers of Jesus because he “was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”. Then during on of his “trips” Jesus miraculously opened his eyes to the truth. And during this dissertation Festus forcibly interrupted Paul (I feel Festus had a problem with truth at this point) and chastised him.