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Who was Jesus of Nazareth?

No army, no writings, no office. A Galilean preacher executed as a criminal — and two thousand years later, 2.4 billion people follow him.

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He wrote nothing, held no office, commanded no army, and died a criminal’s death outside Jerusalem around the year 30. Yet no life in history has proved more consequential: two thousand years on, nearly a third of humanity follows Jesus of Nazareth.

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