Jesus Quotes

“While the Pharisees turned ordinary meals into a practice of ritual holiness, Jesus turned ordinary meals into a practice of the coming of God’s kingdom.”
― Richard Bauckham, Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

“One intriguing piece of evidence suggests that Jesus may in fact have worked on the family farm as well as practising carpentry. Hegesippus, a 2nd-century writer, preserves the information that two grandsons of Jesus’ brother Judas were peasant farmers sharing a farm whose precise size was remembered. This must have been the family smallholding in Nazareth. The fact that they owned it jointly indicates that this family still followed the rather old-fashioned practice of not dividing the farm but keeping it as the common property of the extended family. Since Joseph had to provide for at least seven children (Jesus, his four brothers, and two or more sisters), he may well have taken up carpentry only to supplement the inadequate produce of the family farm. For this purpose, there would have been enough work within Nazareth.”
― Richard Bauckham, Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

“They portray not just figure anyone could imagine or desire, but the Christ of the Gospels as he seemed most closely to connect with believers in that time and place.”
― Richard Bauckham, Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

“In art, he may stand for universal humanity; his passion and death may convey the message that Calvary is everywhere; the peculiar horrors of modern history may find expression in a crucifix. In literature, there are innumerable Christ figures, with sufficient family resemblance to be readily recognizable as such. Such art and literature may be unconnected with religious faith but still bear the imprint of the doctrine of the incarnation, that is, of the Christ who identifies with all humanity, sharing the common humanity and the common plight of all people.”
― Richard Bauckham, Jesus: A Very Short Introduction