The ultimate goal of a trial is to uncover the truth. Yet, truth is a concept many struggle with. Today, people will speak of “my truth,” thinking that truth is relative. We have an example of that today. Pontius Pilate asks what is the most important question in life: What is truth? Pilate was clearly not on the side of truth, at least not Jesus’ truth.

We can be tempted to question God’s truth—the truth of his love, the truth of his presence—especially with the seeming uncertainty of everything going on around us. So God gives us more truth, wrapped up in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus stood before Pilate as a true flesh and blood person. Jesus truly gave his life as a payment for sin, proving the truth of God’s love. And the empty tomb is the proof of God’s truth that, thanks to Christ, life will overcome death.