Homilies on the Gospel of John

“What is truth?”

But for the present he applies himself to what was pressing, for he knew that this question needed time, and desired to rescue Him from the violence of the Jews. Wherefore he went out, and what said he?

“I find no fault in him.”

Consider how prudently he acted. He said not, “Since he has sinned, and is deserving of death, forgive him on account of the Feast”; but having first acquitted Him of all guilt, he asks them over and above, if they were not minded to dismiss Him as innocent, yet as guilty to forgive Him on account of the time. Wherefore he added,