"This is the whole life of Jesus. It stands out clean and simple, like a single Chinese ideograph brushed on a blank sheet of paper. It was so clean and simple that no one could ever make sense of it, and no one could produce its like." -Shusaku Endo
"Endo's graceful life of Christ of the great volumes of its kind ranks with that of Francois Mauriac as one written in this century.” -James Cargas
"He knows the land. His descriptions of the Judean countryside and the little towns that dot it, and of the incredibly bleak and empty desert, are among the most real and poetic I have ever read." -The Catholic Review
"Endo is a consummate writer who, as a master photographer, brings intense sentiment, character, and movement out of the subtle light and shadows that he focuses around his subject…” -Choice
“…characterized by simple language, but reveals a profound perceptivity . The translation by Richard Schuchert deserves a special commendation." -Roanoke Time &. World-News