“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am KING. In fact, THE REASON I WAS BORN and came into the world is to testify (martyr) to the TRUTH. Everyone on the side of TRUTH listens to me.” John 18:37
While it is interesting and perhaps not incidental that the Greek word meaning testify is where we get our English word martyr, the original meaning did not include the sense of dying for a cause. Clearly, that is what happened, and that makes this passage tying the birth of JESUS to his death particularly intriguing. Indeed, the TRUTH of JESUS is the REAL & TRUE reason for the season!
Application:
Is it possible to testify to the TRUTH without dying for the TRUTH?
Wisdom in the WORD 