Quotes About Truth

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ëThe King of the Jews,í but only that He said, ëI am the King of the Jews.í”

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.

Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.í

This Jesus is ëthe stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.í

Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.

But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”