Why is Jesus called the Truth? Multiple times in the Bible Jesus declares that He is the Truth, or that He is on the side of Truth.


  John 14:6 NIV
  
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes
  to the Father except through me.
  
  John 18:37
  
  “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I
  am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is
  to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”


What is Jesus referring to with this word, Truth? Pilate then asks Jesus this same question. But I don't think that Pilate was actually looking for an answer, this is more of a sarcastic rhetorical question to in my opinion.


  John 18:38
  
  “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the
  Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against
  him.


Can you answer that for me?
A partial answer is that I understand that the Greek word for truth is also the same as reality. So Jesus is making a profound statement similar to Paul's:

Acts 17:28
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’

Paul is referring to God. When Jesus (earlier) referred to Himself as Truth / Reality, it was probably to His listeners a claim to divinity.
So, He claimed to be The Way, The Truth and The Life. In other words, He said, &quot;I'm the Path to God, I'm God and I'm what you experience when you're with God.&quot;
Footnote: He is certainly not claiming to be just a moral teacher...