Pilate will vacillate between light and darkness, truth and falsehood.
Having just been outside with the leaders, Pilate now comes inside to Jesus.
His first question has to do with whether Jesus is a king. When Jesus wants to know why he is asking this, Pilate gets a bit testy, as a Roman governor might when dealing with a "peasant" from Galilee.
Things are off to as bad a start inside as they were outside. Remember, it is Pilate who is on trial. Will he choose light or darkness?
To accept a truth that changes your perspective requires a certain humility. Getting a new insight is not just adding something to a list. It affects the other truths you hold, just as the birth of a new child affects everything the whole family does.
That's why you sometimes close your mind. You fear the chain reaction a new insight might have on everything else. But a closed mind is a prison. Jesus said, "The truth will set you free."
Okay, Lord. Here I am. Open my mind to truths I've been avoiding.
- Little Black Book, Diocese of Saginaw