I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene . . . No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.
—Albert Einstein German physicist
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
—H. G. Wells Historian, science fiction author
He lived serenely, as a greater artist than all other artists, despising marble and clay as well as color, working in living flesh. That is to say, this matchless artist . . . made neither statues nor pictures nor books; he loudly proclaimed that he made . . . living men, immortals.
—Vincent van Gogh Dutch artist
As the centuries pass by, the evidence is accumulating that measured by its effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on this planet. The influence appears to be mounting. No other life lived on this planet has so widely and deeply affected mankind. —Kenneth Scott Latourette American historian All history is incomprehensible without Christ.
—Ernest Renan French historian, religious scholar
