Who is that man?

Jesus Christ stands as one of the most fascinating and influential people in history. A Time magazine article looking to the turn of the 21st century stated: "The memory of any stretch of years eventually resolves to a list of names, and one of he useful ways of recalling the past two millenniums is by listing the people who have acquired great power.

"Muhammad, Catherine the Great, Marx, Gandhi, Hitler, Roosevelt, Stalin and Mao come quickly to mind. There's no question that each of those figures changed the lives of millions and evoked responses from worship through hatred. It would require much exotic calculation.

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