David Henrie Quotes

Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story?

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

I do believe in the idea of a historic person named Jesus that was a kind of chill dude who was just telling people to chill and be nice to each other. And he got penalized for that.

Jesus Christ to me, is probably the most compassionate and revolutionary thinker of all time.

What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists.

I like Jesus, I mean, I think he was a good guy.

No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.

The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.

'Who Is This Man?' is about the impact of Jesus on human history. Most people - including most Christians - simply have no idea of the extent to which we live in a Jesus-impacted world.

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.

In my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus.

What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?

In truth, Jesus did not, in his own time, attract much notice.

The stories about the life and teachings of Jesus were mainly told in Greek, the original language of the gospels.

During my life I have heard many sermons on the Resurrection. I can recite the events of that first Easter Sunday. I have marked in my scriptures passages regarding the Resurrection.

Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity.

Jesus was born a Jew, and he died a Jew. It never occurred to him to establish a new religion. He never crossed himself: he had no reason to. He never set one foot in a church. He went to synagogue.

Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels?

Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years.

Jesus Chris was more than man.

Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.

Religious or biblical can sometimes be a little soft, but 'A.D.' doesn't shy away from the violence of the time, the political intrigue. The story is really about the resurrection of faith, which is how the disciples went about keeping the word of Christ. So, they found all kinds of trouble and problems and torture and persecution.