A vicar has likened Britain's Got Talent superstar Susan Boyle to Jesus.

Like millions of others, Rev Angela Tilby has been swept up in the global frenzy surrounding the 47-year-old Scot, although commenting that Susan's “authority” reminds her of Christ may be going too far.

She said on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day: “When she came on people laughed, but as she opened her mouth the mood altered. Those watching tapped into something we don’t understand.

“It reminded me bizarrely of how the gospels speak of Jesus.

“They claimed he had an authority which was utterly convincing.

“But at the same time he’s identified with the broken figure from the book of Isaiah, one with no beauty - despised of men.”

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