Jesus says he was born and came into the world to bear witness to the truth, and that everyone of the truth hears his voice. Pilate answers with three words, Τίἐστινἀλήθεια;, and goes back out. He finds no charge. The oldest papyrus of John keeps the words on either side of the question. The question itself is in the break.
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SBLGNT 18:37
SBLGNT 18:38
Westcott and Hort, 1881, p. 232
𝔓52 verso, reconstruction
Bold marks letters read on the papyrus. Light letters are the reconstruction, not the leaf.