Quotes from Killing Jesus: A History

Bill O'Reilly ·  293 pages

Rating: (26.4K votes)


“truly believe this child to be the new king. A furious Herod summons his religious advisers. As a secular”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul, too.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“Such is life in the Roman Empire, which has begun its slow decline into ruin. There is little justice or nobility among”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“and building his own home into the slope of a Nazarene hill. But the young Jesus is not long for this small town. The holiness and magnificence of Jerusalem call to him. He comes to know the smells and music of the city during his”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“To understand what Jesus accomplished and how he paid with his life, we have to understand what was happening around him. His was a time when Rome dominated the Western world and brooked no dissent. Human life was worth little. Life expectancy was less than forty years, and far less if you happened to anger the Roman powers that were. An excellent description of the time was written—perhaps with some bombast—by journalist Vermont Royster in 1949: There was oppression—for those who were not the friends of Tiberius Caesar … what was man for but to serve Caesar? There was persecution of men who dared think differently, who heard strange voices or read strange manuscripts. There was enslavement of men whose tribes came not from Rome, disdain for those who did not have the familiar visage. And most of all, there was contempt for human life. What, to the strong, was one man more or less in a crowded world? Then, of a sudden, there was a light in the world, and a man from Galilee saying, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s. And the voice from Galilee, which would defy Caesar, offered a new kingdom in which each man could walk upright and bow to none but his God … so the light came into the world and the men who lived in darkness were afraid, and they tried to lower a curtain so that man would still believe that salvation lay with the leaders. But it came to pass for a while in diverse places that the truth did set men free, although the men of darkness were offended and they tried to put out the light.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History



“He had compared the taxation to a form of slavery and had encouraged his fellow Jews to rise up against their oppressors.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“You are the Christ, the son of the living God.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“black, and become infested with maggots—thus the inability to sit astride,”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“In that moment of revealing, one historian will write of Cleopatra, “her desire grew greater than it had been before.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History



“And so it is that Simon—whom Jesus renames Peter, meaning “rock”—becomes Jesus’s first disciple.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“The wrists will then also be shackled”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


“The Nazarene tells a parable about a wealthy landowner and his troublesome tenants. The summation is a line stating that the religious leaders will lose their authority and be replaced by others whose belief is more genuine.”
― Bill O'Reilly, quote from Killing Jesus: A History


About the author

Bill O'Reilly
Born place: in Manhasset, New York, The United States
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.”
― Amy Ewing, quote from The Jewel


“I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor


“I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by my wrist and pushed me back into my chair. 'It is both, or none,' said he. 'You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me.”
― quote from A Scandal in Bohemia (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #1)


“You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?”
“Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.”
“Probably?”
“Maybe,” I said.
“We’re down to maybe now?”
I shrugged. “We’ll see.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Cold Days


“Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills.”
― Richard Dawkins, quote from The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution


Interesting books

The Lost Saint
(16.1K)
The Lost Saint
by Bree Despain
Liar's Poker
(58.6K)
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis
Briar Rose
(12.2K)
Briar Rose
by Jane Yolen
Death: The High Cost of Living Collected
(37.8K)
Death: The High Cost...
by Neil Gaiman
The Last Time They Met
(15.2K)
The Last Time They M...
by Anita Shreve
The Diamond Throne
(28.9K)
The Diamond Throne
by David Eddings

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.