The noted 19th - century historian Philip Schaff was moved to state of this young man: “Without writing a single line, he set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art, and songs of praise, than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times. ”
فیلیپ شَف تاریخ‌نگار قرن ۱۹ در مورد عیسی چنین گفت :‏ « عیسی خود دست به قلم نبرد ،‏ اما قلم‌های بی‌شماری را به نگارش برانگیخت .‏