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Lord, Thou our Master,
Thou whose name
in all the earth is glorious,
Show us through Thy Passion
that Thou, the true Son of God,
forever, even in the darkest hour,
will rise victorious.
1. When Jesus had spoken these words,
he went forth with his disciples over the brook, Kidron, where was a garden,
into which he entered, and his disciples.
2. And Judas also, who betrayed
him, knew the place; for Jesus often resorted there with his disciples.
3. Judas then, having received
a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh
there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4. Jesus, therefore, knowing all
things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom
seek ye?
5. They answered him, Jesus of
Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed
him, stood with them.
6. As soon, then, as he had said
unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7. Then asked he them again, Whom
seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8. Jesus answered, I have told
you that I am he; if, therefore, ye seek me, let these go their way.
O wondrous Love, O Love all love
excelling,
Which bade Thee make this vale
of tears Thy dwelling,
I live on earth and earthly pleasures
cherish,
And Thou must perish.
9. That the saying might be fulfilled,
which he spoke, Of them whom thou gavest me have I lost none.
10. Then Simon Peter, having a
sword, drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right
ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11. Then said Jesus unto Peter,
Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father hath given
me, shall I not drink it?
Thy will, O Lord our God, be done
On earth as round Thy heavenly
throne.
Thy patience, Lord, on us bestow.
That we obey in weal and woe.
Stay Thou the hand and spoil the
skill
0f them that work against Thy will.
12. Then the band and the captain
and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13. And led him away to Annas first;
for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that
same year.
14. Now Caiaphas was he who gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man die for the people.
From the bondage of my transgression
to unbind me
is my holy Saviour bound.
From my aching wounds
fully to heal me,
is He himself wounded.
15. And Simon Peter followed Jesus,
and so did another disciple.
I follow Thee also, with joy-lightened
footsteps,
and will not forsake Thee,
my Life and my Light.
O, let me not stray
from Thy way,
And forget not
to call on me, to spur me.
15. That disciple was known unto
the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest.
16. But Peter stood at the door
outside. Then went out that other disciple, who was known unto the
high priest, and spoke unto her that
kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17. Then saith the maid that kept
the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He
saith, I am not.
18. And the servants and officers
stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold, and they warmed
themselves; and Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
19. The high priest then asked
Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20. Jesus answered him, I spoke
openly to the world; I even taught in the synagogue, and in the temple,
where the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
21. Why asketh thou me? Ask them
who heard me, what I said.
22. And when he had thus spoken,
one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand,
saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
23. Jesus answered him, If I have
spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?
Who was it dared to smite Thee,
Thy good with ill requite Thee,
So foully treated Thee?
For Thou are no offender,
Nor didst to sin surrender,
From evildoing Thou art free.
24. Now Annas had sent him bound
unto Caiaphas, the high priest.
25. And Simon Peter stood and warmed
himself. They said, therefore, unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples?
He denied it, and said, I am not.
26. One of the servants of the
high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not
I see thee in the garden with him?
27. Peter then denied again; and
immediately the cock crew.
75. And Peter remembered the word
of Jesus [who said unto him, Before the cock crows, thou shalt deny me
thrice.] And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Ah, my soul
whither wilt thou fly?
Where shall I seek for comfort?
Shall I stay?
Or depart and leave
the hills and mountains far behind
me?
In the world is no relief,
on my heart
remains the burden of my evil deed,
since the servant bath denied his
lord.
Peter, while his conscience slept,
Thrice denied his Saviour,
When it woke he bitter wept
At his base behavior.
Jesus, let me not forget;
True devotion teach me;
When on evil I am set,
Through my conscience reach me.
Christ, through whom we all are
blest,
Knew no evildoing.
Him at night did they arrest,
Like a thief pursuing,
Led before the godless throng
And falsely convicted,
Laughed at, scoffed at, spat upon,
As the Word predicted.
28. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas
unto the hall of judgement; and it was early. And they themselves went
not into the judgement hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they
might eat the passover.
29. Pilate then went out unto them,
and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
30. They answered, and said unto
him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto
thee.
31. Then said Pilate unto them,
Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews, therefore,
said unto hlm, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.
32. That the saying of Jesus might
be fufilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.
33. Then Pilate entered into the
judgement hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the
King of the Jews?
34. Jesus answered hlm, Sayest
thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
35. Pilate answered, Arn I a Jew?
Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me. What
hast Thou done?
36. Jesus answered, My kingdom
is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants
fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my
kingdom not from here.
O mighty King, almighty through
all ages,
How shall I fitly strive to sing
Thy praises?
No mortal heart can ever hope to
show Thee
What it doth owe Thee.
My feeble tongue no counterpart
can fashion
With which it might compare Thy
great compassion.
How can I thank for Thy good deeds,
so tender,
In works e'er render?
37. Pilate, therefore, said unto
him, Art thou a king, then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I arn a king.
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that
I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth
my voice.
38. Pilate said unto him, What
is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and
saith unto them, I find in him no fault at ail.
39. But ye have a custom, that
I should release unto you one at the passover. Will ye, therefore, that
I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40. Then cried they all again, saying,
Not this man, but Barrabas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
1. Then Pilate, therefore, took
Jesus, and scourged hlm.
Consider, o my soul, with fearful
joy consider,
with bitter anguish in thy heart
afflicted,
thy highest good is Jesus' sorrow.
For thee, from the thorns that
pierce Him,
what heavenly flowers spring,
thou canst the sweetest fruit from
His wormwood gather,
then look forevermore to Him.
Behold, then, how each livid stripe
succeeding,
all sure and bleeding,
is a part of Heaven.
And see, the waves of sin subsiding,
sunbeams again dark clouds dividing,
the rainbow fair:
God's bright token of grace.
2. And the soldiers platted a crown
of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on hirn a purple robe,
3. And said, Hail, King of the
Jews! And they srnote him with their hands.
4. Pilate, therefore, went forth
again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may
know that I find no fault in hlm.
5. Then came Jesus forth, wearing
the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold
the man!
6. When the chief priests, therefore,
and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him!
Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault
in him.
7. The Jews answered him, We have
a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son
of God.
8. When Pilate, therefore, heard
that saying, he was the more afraid;
9. And went again into the judgement
hall, and saith unto Jesus, From where art thou? But Jesus gave him no
answer.
10. Then saith Pilate unto him,
Speakeat thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify
thee, and have power to release thee?
11. Jesus answered, Thou couldst
have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above;
therefore, he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12. And from then on Pilate sought
to release hlm.
Our freedom, Son of God arose
When Thou wast cast in prison;
And from the durance Thou didst
choose
Our liberty is risen,
Didst Thou not choose a slave to
be,
We all were slaves eternally.
12. But the Jews cried out, saying,
If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend; whosoever maketh
himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13. When Pilate, therefore, heard
that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgement seat
in a place that is called The
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14. And it was the preparation
of the passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews,
Behold, your King!
15. But they cried out, Away with
him, away with hlm, crucify him! Pilate salth unto them, Shall I crucify
your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16. Then delivered he him, therefore,
unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17. And he, bearing his cross,
went forth into a place called The Place of Skulls, which is called in
the Hebrew, Golgotha.
27. And from that hour that disciple
took her unto his own home.
28. After this Jesus, knowing that
all things were now accomplished,
that the scripture might be fulfilled,
saith, I thirst.
29. Now there was set a veseel
full of vinegar; and they fillled
a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it
to his mouth.
30. When Jesus, therefore, had
received the vinegar, he said,
It is finished.
It is finished.
O rest for all afflicted
spirit.
This night of woe
makes me upon my last hour ponder.
See Judah's hero triumphs now,
and ends the fight. It is
finished.
30. And he bowed his head, and gave
up the ghost.
Beloved Saviour, wilt Thou answer,
as Thou hast now the cross endured,
and Thyself hast said: It is finished.
Am I from death delivered?
Can I, through Thy eternal merkit,
the heavenly realm inherit?
Shall all the world redemption
see?
Thou canst for anguish now say
nothing,
yet Thou dost bow Thy head
and say, in silence: yea.
[Chorus:] Jesus, Thou who once wast
dead,
Livest now forever.
When the path of death I tread,
Let my seeeking never
Elsewhere than to Thee be turned,
O beloved Saviour.
Give me but what Thou hast earned,
More I do not pray for.
51. And, behold, the veil of the
temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did
quake, and the rocks rent.
52. And the graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints that slept arose.
Haste, ye deeply wounded spirits,
come and bring your heavy burdens.
Haste. [Chorus:] Where?
To the cross of Jesus;
Find relief and healing there.
18. Where they crucified him, and
two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19. And Pilate wrote a title, and
put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS, OF NAZARETH, THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
20. This title then was read by
many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the
city, and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21. Then said the chief priests
of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I
am King of the Jews.
22. Pilate answered, What I have
written, I have written.
23. Then the soldiers, when they
had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier
a part; and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the
top throughout.
24. They said, therefore, among
themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be;
that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my garments
among them, and for my clothing they did cast lots. These things, therefore,
the soldiers did.
25. Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas,
and Mary Magdalene.
26. When Jesus, therefore, saw
his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto
his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27. Then saith he unto the disciple,
Behold thy mother!
He of everything took heed
In his hour of dying,
Caring for his mother's need,
On his friend relying.
O Man, lead a righteous life,
Love God and they neighbor,
Death will bring an end to strife,
Rest from care and labor.
My heart, behold how all the world
at Jesus' sufferings likewise suffers;
the sun his beams in sorrow shrouds,
the veil divides, the rocks are
rent,
the earth doth quake, the graves
are opened,
while they the Creator die;
and as for thee, what wilt thou
do?
Dissolve, o my heart, into torrents
of weeping,
the Highest to honor.
Proclaim to the world and to Heaven
thy affliction,
thy Jesus is dead.
31. The Jews, therefore, because
it was the preparation, that the bodies should remain upon the cross on
the sabbath day (for that sabbath day was an high day), besought Pilate
that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32. Then came the soldiers, and
broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.
33. But when they came to Jesus,
and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs;
34. But one of the soldiers, with
a spear, pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35. And he that saw it bore record,
and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might
believe.
36. For these things were done,
that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37. And, again, another scripture
saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Help, O Jesus, God's own Son,
Through thy bitter anguish,
That the favor Thou hast won
Evil deeds may vanquish.
How and why our Saviour died
We must ponder truly,
And, though weak, leave naught
untried,
Lord, to thank Thee duly.
38. And after this Joseph, of Arimathaea,
being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought
Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave.
He came, therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39. And there came also Nicodemus,
who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40. Then took they the body of
Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of
the Jews is to bury.
41. Now in the place where he was
crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher was nigh
at hand.
Rest here in peace, Redeemer blest
and holy,
henceforth no more will I bewail
Thee,
rest here in peace, and lead Thou
me to peace;
the grave will not forever close
me in,
but when God my Redeemer calls,
then haste I forth,
then haste I glorified the God
of Heaven to meet.
O Lord, Thy little angel send,
Whene'er my mortal life shall end,
To bear my soul to Heaven.
My body in its chamber sleep,
All torment do Thou distant keep,
Till Thy last call be given.
And then from death awaken me,
That these poor eyes their Lord
may see,
See, Son of God, Thy glorious face,
My Saviour and my fount of grace.
Lord Jesus Christ, O hear Thou
me,
Thee will I praise eternally. |