The brief statement works in two ways, one explaining that Michelangelo's painting was delivered to the world because God wanted this way. Second, it describes how “fate” played a role in the creation of the work of art and the man who created it. Michelangelo was not only an artist but a person of great knowledge who, just like Jesus, came to Earth with a divine purpose. What particularly stands out in this quote are words and phrases such as “grace” and “divinity of knowledge.” In relation to John 1:14, the word “grace”, also used, evokes the glory of Jesus and his ability to bring forth light through “grace and truth”. In Vasari's case, he used the term to describe Michelangelo as a being sent to Earth "imbued with grace and the divinity of knowledge." Vasari depicts Michelangelo in a light similar to that of Jesus, as a man who received particular types of knowledge and "grace »..”