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  • Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle-shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

    - Cecil Frances Alexander
      'Once in Royal David's City'.

  • But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.

    - Matthew Arnold
      Literature and Dogma, ch.12.

  • The crucified Jesus is the only accurate picture of God the world has ever seen.

    -John Austin Baker
      The Foolishness of God.

  •    Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.

    - Karl Barth
      TheBarmen Declaration adoptedby the Confessing Church in Germany (translated by D S Bax,1984).

  • It isaswholly wrong toblame Marx for what wasdonein his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his.

    -Tony (Anthony Neil Wedgwood) Benn
    Quoted in  Alan Freeman The Benn Heresy (1982).

  • And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew1:21.

  • Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying,Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 2:1^2.

  • And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting uponhim: And loavoicefromheaven, saying,This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 3:16^17.

  • Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 4:1^4.

  • The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and myservant shall be healed.For Iama man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man,Go, and he goeth; and to another,Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed,Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 8:8^10.

  • And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw himwalking onthesea, they weretroubled, saying,It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew14:25^7.

  • And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him,O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew14:31.

  • And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 21:12^13.

  •    And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 27:46.

  •    Jesus, whenhehad cried againwith a loud voice, yielded up theghost. And behold, the veil of thetemple wasrent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 27:50^2.

  • But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Mark10:14.

  • And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave ittothe disciples, and said,Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew 26:26^8.

  • And Jesus increased inwisdomand stature, and in favour with God and man.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Luke 2:52.

  • The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St  John1:29.

  •    Jesus wept.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    This is the shortest verse in the Bible. St  John11:35.

  •    The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Corinthians11:23^6.

  •    No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Corinthians12:3.

  • There isneither Jew nor Greek, there isneither bond nor free, there isneither malenor female: for yeareall onein Christ Jesus. 122

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Galatians 3:28.

  • Wherefore seeing we alsoare compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Hebrews12:1^2.

  • He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Revelation 22:20^1.

  •   Jesus was a moderniser.

    -Tony (Anthony Charles Lynton) Blair
    Quoted in  John Rentoul Tony Blair: Prime Minister (2001).

  • Jesus! with all thy faults I love thee still. 178

    - Samuel Butler
    Collected in Further Extracts from the Notebooks (1934).

  • If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucifyhim.They would ask himtodinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

    -Thomas Carlyle
    Quoted in D  A  Wilson Carlyle at his Zenith (1927).

  • Jesu, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast.

    - Edward Caswall
      Hymns and Poems,'Jesu, the Very Thought of  Thee' (a translation from12c Latin, often attributed to St Bernard).

  •    Thereisnothing moreunbecoming a manofquality than to laugh;Jesu,'tissuchavulgarexpressionofthepassion!

    -William Congreve
      Lord Froth to Brisk. The Double Dealer, act1, sc.4.

  • Stand Up! Stand Up For Jesus!

    - George Duffield
      The Psalmist, title of hymn. Duffield's inspiration for the hymn came from the dying words of the evangelist Dudley Atkins Tyng to him:'Tell them to stand up for  Jesus.'

  • White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.

    -Nikki in full Yolande CorneliaGiovanni,Jr Giovanni
    Conversation with  James Baldwin, London, 4 Nov. Collected in  A Dialogue (1973).

  • Better if he had said something natural like,'Jesus, here we are.' SeeArmstrong 30:78.

    - Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
      Criticizing Neil  Armstrong's premeditated words on first stepping onto the moon. Quoted in the Sunday Times.

  • Je  sus a pleure , Voltaire a souri; c'est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu'est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle. Jesus wept;Voltairesmiled.Of that divinetearand of that human smile the sweetness of present civilization is composed.

    -Victor Marie Hugo
      Speech on Voltaire's centenary, 30 May.

  • Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a man's soul and faith. And I was around when Jesus Christ Had his moments of doubt and pain, Made damn sure that Pilate Washed his hands and sealed his fate. Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game.

    - Mick and Richards, Keith Jagger
      'Sympathy for the Devil'.

  •    It is not easy to forbear reflecting with how little reason these men profess themselves the followers of Jesus, who leftthisgreatcharacteristic tohis disciples, thatthey should be known by lovingoneanother, byuniversal and unbounded charity and benevolence.

    - Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
      Of the Jesuit missionaries in  Abyssinia.  Johnson's preface to Fr  J de Lobo's Voyage to  Abyssinia.

  • We're more popular than Jesus Christ now. I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or Christianity.

    -JohnWinston Lennon
      In the Evening Standard.

  •    Lat no man booste of conning nor vertu, Of tresour, richesse, nor of sapience, Of worldly support, for all cometh of Jesu.

    -John Lydgate
    c.1450  'Lat no man booste', l.1^3.

  • And Jesus and a nameless ape Collide and share the selfsame shape That nocht terrestial can escape?

    -Grieve
      A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, l.2476^8.

  • How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear!

    -John Newton
      Olney Hymns,'How sweet the name of  Jesus sounds'.

  • Sacred Heart o' Jesus, take away our hearts o' stone, and give us hearts o'flesh! Take away this murdherin' hate, an'give usThine own eternal love!

    - Da i bh|  dh OŁ    Bruadair
      JUNO:1924  Juno and the Paycock, act 3.

  • Il est non seulement impossible, mais inutile de conna|"tre Dieu sans Je  sus-Christ. It is not only impossible, but also useless to recognize God without Jesus.

    - Blaise Pascal
    c.1654^1662  Pense  es, pt.7, no.549.

  • A four-kind son-of-a-bitch, but the greatest Jew since Jesus Christ.

    - Colonel Robbins
    Of LeonTrotsky. Quoted byA J P Taylor in the New Statesman and Nation, 20 Feb1954.

  • Jesus never claims to be God, personally, yet he always claims to bring God, completely.

    -John ArthurThomas Robinson
      Honest to God.

  • Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing that Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra.

    -J(erome) D(avid) Salinger
    The Catcher in the Rye, ch.18.

  •    When Jesus came to Birmingham they simply passed Him by, They never hurt a hair of him, they only let Him die. For menhadgrownmoretenderandthey wouldnot give Him pain, Theyonlyjust passeddownthestreet, and left Himinthe rain.

    -'Woodbine Willie'
    Peace Rhymes of a Padre,'Indifference'.

  • O Domine Deus! speravi inTe; O care miJesu! nunc libera me; In dura catena, in misera poena, DesideroTe, Languendo, gemendo, et genu flectendo Adoro, imploro, ut liberes me! O Lord my God, I hope in thee; My dear Lord Jesus, set me free; In chains, in pains On bended knee I adore thee, implore thee To set me free.

    - Mary known as Mary, Queen of Scots Stuart
      Poem composed just before her execution (translated by E Milner-White and G W Briggs,1941).

  • Look at me! Look at myarm!† I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head meand ar'n't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man (when I could get it), and bear de lash as welland ar'n't I a woman? I have borne thirteenchilernandseen'emmos'allsoldoff intoslavery, and when I cried out with a mother's grief, none but Jesus heardand ar'n't I a woman?

    - Sojourner ne  e Isabella Truth
      Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio. Quoted in Narrative of SojournerTruth (1875), pt.2,'Book of Life'.

  •    God isregistered tovote for Hollywood as a Republican. However,Jesus Christ is a Democrat from Santa Monica.

    -Wall StreetJournal
      'God Lives in Hollywood', editorial on California's voter registration lists,12 Jul.

  •    Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

    - Isaac Watts
      The Psalms of David Imitated, Psalm 72.

  • Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.

    - Charles Wesley
      'GentleJesus', collected in Hymns and Sacred Poems.

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