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St. John Passion

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Erik Meyer incorporating Herzliebster Jesu & Jesu, meine Freude by Johann Crüger

1    mf                                Ah, ho - ly Je - sus,

how hast thou of - fend - ed, that man to judge thee hath in hate pre -

                                  mf

      8

All

                    

tend - ed? By foes de - rid - ed, by thine own re - ject - ed,

2    S    



most af - flict - ed.

      

     





 

   

The Pass - ion of our

     

 

                                        15

     









The



 

   

The Pass - ion of our

   

The Pass - ion of our

 Lord

 

   

Pass - ion of our

Lord

   



Lord

Je - sus Christ,

 our



Lord

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

   S   20

 

Lord

   

      -

      Je

25 Evangelist



Je - sus Christ,





sus

Christ,



sus

Christ,



Christ,

sus

cord - ing



      to

Saint

John.





 



 



 



Saint

John.

cord - ing



dis - ci - ples

    

a place where there was a gar - den,

     

Now Ju - das,

Saint

John.



  



who be - trayed him,

John.

        

which he and his dis - ci - ples en - tered.

     al - so knew the place,

                be - cause Je - sus

31 Evangelist



a - cross the Kid - ron val - ley

30 Evangelist





 -



John 18

Evangelist

 

                    Je - sus went out with his

Evangelist



       So

oft - en

met there with his

dis - ci - ples.

          

Ju - das brought a

de - tach - ment of

sol - diers to - geth - er

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32 Evangelist

   

with



         

and torch - es

               





Pha - ri - sees,

  

and they came there with lan - terns

Evangelist



po - lice from the chief priests and the

33 Evangelist



  

and wea - pons.

     



Then Je - sus, know - ing all that was to hap -pen to him, came for - ward and asked them:

36 Jesus

           For

whom

are you

look -

ing?

37 Evangelist

      

They an - swered:

3 mf                 S         38

 

Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth.

mf                             Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of mf

Naz - a - reth.

                           Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth.

mf                  B            Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a

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 

reth.

Evangelist

        Je - sus

plied:

46 Jesus

           I

47 Evangelist

     

Ju - das,

  



who be - trayed him,

48 Evangelist

he.

        

    

was stand - ing with them.

  

When Je - sus said to them, "I am he,"

49 Evangelist

   



    



they stepped back and fell to the ground.

    

A -gain he



asked them:

51 Jesus

           For

whom

are you

look -

ing?

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52 Evangelist

       And they

said:

4 mf                S          53

 

Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth. mf

                           Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of mf

Naz - a - reth.

                       T      Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth. mf                          B     Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, Je - sus of Naz - a

reth.

60 Evangelist

        Je - sus

an - swered:

61 Jesus

            I

told

you that I am he.

       

So if you are look - ing for me,

   

let these men go.

63 Evangelist

               This was to

ful - fill the word that he had spo - ken,

64 Evangelist

              'I

did not lose

65 Evangelist

       

Then Si - mon Pe - ter,

   

sin - gle one of those whom you gave me.'

   

who had

a sword,

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Evangelist

       

   

        



drew it, struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Mal - chus.

68 Evangelist

         Je - sus said

Pe - ter:

69 Jesus

      Put



    

your sword back in - to

its sheath.

70 Jesus

                   Am

not

to drink the cup that the

71 Evangelist

      

So the sol - diers,

Fa - ther has giv - en

   

their of - fi - cer,

72 Evangelist

                and the Jew - ish po - lice (tem - ple)

73 Evangelist

         

First they took him to An - nas,

75 Evangelist

          the high

me?

priest that year.

ar - rest - ed



Je - sus and bound him.

           who was the fa - ther - in - law of Cai - a - phas,

            Cai - a - phas was the one who had ad - vised the Jews (people)

77 Evangelist

                  that

was bet - ter

to have one per - son die

for

the peo - ple.

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78 Evangelist

                  Si - mon Pe - ter and

79 Evangelist

    

Since that

an - oth - er

   dis - ci - ple

dis - ci - ple

   



was known to

fol - lowed Je - sus.



the high priest,

80 Evangelist

                he went with Je - sus

in - to

the court - yard of

81 Evangelist

              

but Pe - ter was stand - ing out - side at the gate.

83 Evangelist

    

the high priest,

      

So the oth - er dis - ci - ple,

          



  



who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the wo -man who guard - ed the gate,

85 Evangelist

   

      

   

and brought Pe - ter

in.

The wo - man said to

Pe - ter:

87 Woman

                 You are not

al - so

one

this man's dis - ci - ples, are you?

88 Evangelist

       He

said:

89 Peter

        I

not.

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Evangelist

                    

Now the slaves and the po - lice had made a char - coal fire be-cause it was cold,

91 Evangelist

              and they were stand - ing round it



and warm - ing them- selves.

92 Evangelist

                 Pe - ter

al - so

was stand - ing with them and warm - ing him - self.

93 Evangelist

        

              

Then the high priest ques -tioned Je - sus a - bout his dis - ci - ples and a - bout his teach - ing.

94 Evangelist

        Je - sus

an - swered

95 Jesus

             I

have spo - ken

o - pen - ly

the world;

96 Jesus

       I

have

         

al - ways taught in

syn - a - gogues and

97 Jesus

           

where all the Jews come to - geth - er. peo - ple

the

tem - ple,

         I

have said noth - ing in

se - cret.

99 Jesus

                         Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them. They know what I

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said.

101 Evangelist

                        

When he had said this, one of the po-lice stand ing near- by struck Je-sus on the face, say- ing:

103 Police

           Is

104 Evangelist

   

that how you



Je - sus





an - swer the high priest?



an - swered

105 Jesus

          If

I have spo - ken wrong - ly,

     

tes - ti - fy

the wrong.

106 Jesus

            But

I have spo - ken right - ly,

    

why do you strike me?

107 Evangelist

                Then An - nas sent him bound to



Cai - a - phas the high priest.

108 Evangelist

                Now

Si - mon

Pe - ter

was stand - ing

and warm - ing him - self.

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109

Evangelist

   

They



 asked

 him:

5 mf         S    110



You are not al - so mf

one

You are not al - so mf

one

           You are not al - so

one

         



   



   



dis - ci

of his



You are not al - so

   

dis - ci

of his





of his



         

   

one

of his

dis - ci

 -

ples,



   are

  

ples,



ples,

are

 -

ples,

you?

are

you?



you?

   are

you?

114 Evangelist

         He

de - nied

and said:

115 Peter

        I

not.

116 Evangelist

           One

the slaves of

the high priest,

117 Evangelist

          a

118 Slave

   

Did

rel - a - tive

       

the man whose ear



not

see

you



the



Pe - ter



had cut

off,



gar - den with him?

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 asked:

119 Evangelist

         

        

A - gain Pe - ter de - nied it,

All

6 121   p           

and at that mo- ment the

cock crowed.

 

               

 

               

Who was the guilt - y? Who brought this up - on thee? A- las, my trea- son, Je- sus, hath un -

           p        128

All

done

             

thee. 'Twas I, Lord Je - sus,

I it was de - nied thee:

                               p

        I

cru - ci - fied

  thee.

          

135 Evangelist

                  Then they took Je - sus from Cai - a - phas to

136 Evangelist

          

It was earl - y in the morn- ing.

 

             so as to

140 Evangelist

   



          

a - void ri - tual de - file - ment



Pi - late went out



        

They them- selves did not en -ter the head- quar - ters,

138 Evangelist

Pi - late's head - quar - ters.



and to be a - ble to eat the Pass o - ver.





them and said:

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141

Pilate

               What ac - cu - sa - tion

142 Evangelist

     

you bring

a - gainst this man?





They an - swered him:

7 143     S   



    



  S     147

al,



If this man



mf               If this man were not a

    B  

 



If this

man

      al,

    B   al,



    

we would not

have



have

     we would not have hand

 have

were

not

   



hand

not

ed him

   

were not

crim - in -

 

crim - in -

o - ver to you.

him o - ver





o - ver

you.





you.

      ed him

ver

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 

     

 

crim - in -

    

ed him

 -

 

    -



 

crim - in - al, were

hand



man



crim - in - al,



we would not



 

  

  

were not

If this

         

   



were not

crim- in - al, we would not

  

 you.

152 Evangelist

       

Pi - late said to them:

153 Pilate

    



Take him your - selves and judge him



ac - cord - ing





your law.

154 Evangelist

      

The Jews re - plied: (people)

8 mp       S      155

We mp

are not

       We are mp

  

not

We are

159

   



This was



not



per - mit

 

per - mit

           We are not per

     B  

Evangelist



        

ted

put an - y - one

     

    

   



put an - y - one

 

per - mit



ful - fill what



ted

      

ted

put an - y - one



Je - sus

death. f

  

put an - y - one

ted

- mit





death. f



death.



death.



had said

160 Evangelist

                  when he

in - di - ca - ted

the kind

of death he

was

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die.

14 Evangelist

161

             



Then Pi -late en - tered the head - quar -ters a - gain,

163 Pilate

   

Are

164 Evangelist

   

 you



Je - sus



the King







  

sum moned Je - sus, and asked him:



the Jews?

an - swered

165 Jesus

           

        

Do you ask me this on your own,

or did oth - ers tell you

a - bout me?

167 Evangelist

       Pi - late

re - plied:

168 Pilate

        I

not

Jew,

169 Pilate

         

 



          

Your own na -tion and the chief priests have hand -ed you o - ver to me.What have you done?

171 Evangelist

        Je - sus

an - swered

172 Jesus

           My king - dom is

not from this world.

       

my king - dom were from this world,

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174 Jesus

                       

my fol - low- ers would be fight - ing to keep me from be - ing hand - ed o - ver to the Jews. (people.)

175 Jesus

       But

176 Evangelist

   



you

my king - dom is

not from here.





asked

177

    

is,



Pi - late

Pilate

      

him:



are



king?

178 Evangelist

        Je - sus

an- swered

179 Jesus

           You say that I am

a king. For this I was born,

182 Jesus

   

         

to test - i - fy to the truth.

      

and for this I came in - to the world,

             

Ev -'ry - one who be - longs to the truth lis - tens to my voice.

184 Evangelist

        Pi - late

asked

him:

185 Pilate

        What

truth?

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186

Evangelist

         Aft - er

188 Pilate

     I

          

he had said this,



find



he went out to the Jews a - gain and told them: (people)



case





a - gainst him.

189 Pilate

                       But you have a cus -tom that I

190 Pilate

   

191 Evangelist

   



you want me

re - lease



They shout - ed

9 192    S    A

    

 

         Not this man,

    B  



for

you



the King



re - ply:

Not this man,

  

Not this

man,



the Jews?

ff               

  









 



Not this man, not this man, but

re - lease some - one for you at the Pass - o - ver.

     

Bar - ab - bas!

 



not this man, but

Bar - ab - bas!

not this man, but

Bar - ab - bas! ff

not this man, but

Bar - ab - bas!

ff             

           

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197 Evangelist

          

Now Bar - ab - bus was a ban - dit.

John 19

Then Pi - late took Je - sus and had him flogged.

199 Evangelist

            And the

Evangelist

    



     

and they dressed him in

10 202    S   



a pur -ple robe.



Hail, King of the Jews; Hail,

   B  

and put

his head,

        

They kept com - ing up to him, say - ing:



       

Hail, King of the Jews; Hail,

   f                

     

sol - diers wove a crown of thorns

200



        



       

King

of the Jews; Hail,

      

Hail, King of the Jews; Hail,



  King

 

King

 

the

     

the Jews, King of the

   



Hail, King of the

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        S   207

Hail, King of the Jews;

                 Jews; Hail,

Jews; King of the Jews;

       

King of the Jews,

   

King of the Jews,

the

        

   Jews; King

   

                Jews, King of the Jews, King Hail, King p

     B   p

Jews, King

   

King of the Jews,

  of



the

Jews, ff

   



      

King

 

   

  

Hail!

  

 

  

Jews; King

the

   

Jews, ff

Hail,

Hail!

 

  

the

  

Jews, ff

Hail,

Hail!

Jews, King

the

Jews,

Hail,

Hail!

the

          and strik - ing him on

the face.

 

the

 

Hail,

 

the

      

the

218 Evangelist

King of the Jews,

    

   

211

King of the Jews,

   

 p      S      A

    

   

Jews, Hail,

Hail, King p

   

 

       

Pi - late went out and said

to them:

220 Pilate

                        

Look, I am bring -ing him out to you to let you know that I find no case a - gainst him.

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221 Evangelist

        So

          

Je - sus came out,

wear - ing the crown of thorns and the pur - ple robe.

223 Evangelist

         Pi - late said

to them:

224 Pilate

        Here

is the man!

225 Evangelist

     

      

When the chief priests and the po - lice saw him,

11     S    227

    



they shout - ed:

ff    mf                

Cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy him!



ff              Cru - ci - fy,

   B  



   

      

            

Cru - ci - fy,

cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy him! mf ff

                   

cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy him!

      

Cru - ci - fy,

ff     mf               

cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy, cru - ci - fy him!

235 Evangelist

        

Pi - late said to them:

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236

Pilate

     

      

     

Take him your - selves and cru - ci - fy him;

238 Evangelist

         The

12 mf     S     We

mf       

We mf

      We

      die



  

 



  

 



have

die

 

have

      die

      die

have

  

that

  



a law, and ac - cord - ing to



243



  



    S  

 



    B  

have

  

a law, and ac - cord - ing to

law

he ought



that

law



that

law



he has claimed to

the

  

 



 



be - cause

he has claimed to

  

 

he has claimed to



he has claimed to

the



the



the

that

a law, and ac - cord - ing

he ought



a law, and ac - cord - ing



be - cause



  



 

be - cause

find no case a - gainst him.



Jews an - swered him: (peo - ple)

239

he ought



  

Son

   Son



Son



he ought

  

Son



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

God.



God.

 God.



God.

246 Evangelist

        

       

Now when Pi - late heard this,

was more

248 Evangelist

            He

en - tered his head - quar - ters

        Where are you

            But

Je - sus gave him no

an - swer.

254 Pilate

    

and

asked

Je - sus:

from?

252 Evangelist

ev - er.

 

250 Pilate

a - gain

a - fraid than

          

      

Pi - late there - fore said

him:

          

Do you re - fuse to speak to me?

Do you not know that I have pow -er to re - lease you,

256 Pilate

           and pow - er

257 Evangelist

   



Je - sus 258 Jesus

    



cru - ci - fy



an - swered him:

you?



                 

You would have no pow - er

o - ver me un - less it had been giv - en you from a- bove;

259 Jesus

                       there- fore the one who hand - ed me o - ver to you is guilt - y

a great- er sin.

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260

Evangelist

             From then on

13 mf     S    262

If mf







you

mf         If mf

you



       B   If

you

   mf     S   266

re - lease this

       

re - lease this



 

re - lease this

   

270

      

     



are no friend of the em - per - or.

man, you

are no friend of the em - per - or.

f        

man, you



be a



are no friend of the em - per - or.

a king sets him - self

        

Ev-'ry - one who claims to

Evangelist

  

are no friend of the em - per - or.

           

             Ev-'ry - one who claims to be a

   B      

man, you

f         

Ev-'ry - one who claims to mf

 

but the Jews cried out: (people)

          

Ev-'ry - one who claims to mf

this man, you

 



you

re - lease him,

   

re - lease

           If

Pi - late tried to

    

a - gainst

a king sets him - self a -

    

the em - per - or.

    



gainst the em- per - or.

           

king sets him - self

    

a - gainst the em- per - or.



king sets him - self a - gainst

  



the em- per - or.

          

When Pi -late heard these words, he brought Je - sus out - side and sat on the judge -'s bench

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272 Evangelist

      at

   



place called The Stone Pave - ment,

      

274 Evangelist

                  

Now it was the day of Prep - a - ra - tion for the Pass - o - ver;

He - brew, Gab - ba - tha.

      

and it was a - bout noon.

276 Evangelist

        He said

the Jews: (people)

277 Pilate

        Here is

your

king!

278 Evangelist

       They cried

out:

14 279      f    S    

A - way with him!

f        

    

    

  

    

  

    

  

A - way with him!

  

    

A - way with him,

    

   f                         A - way with him! A - way with him! A - way with him, A - way with him!

  

   B    f

    

A - way with him!

  

A - way with him!

A - way with him,

    

A - way with him,

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'way with him! Cru - ci - fy

        

him! p



  

'way with him! Cru - ci - fy

      B   

him! p

291

  

           cru

      



    



   cru - ci - fy



  

  

  



  



cru - ci - fy,



 



  

  

  



Pi - late



asked

cru - ci - fy,

cru - ci - fy

 them:

297 Pilate

           Shall

cru - ci - fy

him! ff



him! ff

cru - ci - fy



 

  

cru - ci - fy,

   



cru - ci - fy,

him! ff

cru - ci - fy

cru - ci - fy,

296

   

Cru - ci - fy,

cru - ci - fy,

Cru - ci - fy,

mf    

cru - ci - fy,





- ci - fy,

cru - ci - fy,

Evangelist







  

cru - ci - fy,

  

   

him!

  



Cru - ci - fy,



'way with him! Cru - ci - fy

mf     S  





  





him! p

           'way with him! Cru - ci - fy





your king?

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 

him!

298 Evangelist

   





The chief priests an - swered:









We f

have

king

but

the

have



king



but



We f



the



have

king

but

the

15 f     S    299

      

       We

    B   f

302 Evangelist

   



Then he



have



hand - ed

16 p            



Lo, the GoodShep herd

           p          310

All



king



 him

303

All



but

per - or.



em - per

em -



the



  



per

o - ver

them

or.





or.



em - per





or.





cru - ci - fied.

                 for

the sheep is of fered; the slave hath sin ned, and the Son hath

                         

                       

suf - fered; for our a - tone - ment, while we noth - ing heed - ed, God

 

in - ter - ced - ed.

                                       

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317

        So

they took

319 Evangelist

   

        

Je - sus;

and



went

out

what

car - ry - ing



            which in

Evangelist

         



Place



the

one on



ei - ther side, with Je - sus be - tween them.

                  

in - scrip- tion writ - ten and put on the cross.

326 Evangelist

Skull,

There they cru - ci - fied him,

324

Pi - late al - so had an



         

and with him two o - thers,

Evangelist

him - self,

     

He - brew is called Gol - goth - a.

322



called The

320 Evangelist

the cross by

             

  It read,

        

"Je - sus of Naz - a - reth, the King of the Jews." Man - y of the Jews read this in - scrip - tion, (people)

328 Evangelist

      

           

be - cause the place where Je - sus was cru - ci - fied was near the

329 Evangelist

           and

330 Evangelist

   

Then



the

was writ - ten



chief priests



He - brew,



the



   in



Lat - in,



cit - y;

  

and



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in Greek.

331 Chief Priests

     

        

    

Do not write,"The King of the Jews," but, "This man said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"

333 Evangelist

   

 an



Pi - late

334 Pilate

   

What

    

When

swered:





have writ - ten,

335 Evangelist





the



sol - diers

 had





have writ - ten.



cru - ci - fied



Je - sus,

336 Evangelist

               

they took his clothes and div - i - ded them in - to four parts,

338 Evangelist

          They al - so took his

tu - nic;

now the

          

wo - ven in one piece from the top.

342 Soldiers

       

Let us not tear it,

    

one for each sol - dier.

      

340 Evangelist



tu - nic was seam- less,

       

So they said to one an - o - ther:

          

but cast lots for

to see who will get

343 Evangelist

             This was

ful - fill what the scrip -ture says:

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it.

28 Evangelist

344

          





       

'They div - i - ded my clothes a -mong them- selves, and for my cloth- ing they cast lots.'

346 Evangelist

           And that

347 Evangelist

   



what the

sol - diers did.

                

Mean - while, stand - ing near the cross of Je - sus were his mo- ther, and his mo-ther's sis - ter,

349 Evangelist

           Ma - ry

the wife of

     

Clo - pas,

and Ma - ry Mag - da - lene.

350 Evangelist

                 

    

When Je - sus saw his mo- ther and the dis - ci - ple whom he loved stand - ing be-side her,

351 Evangelist

   

 said

352 Jesus

    

Wo - man,

353 Evangelist

   

Then

354 Jesus

   

Here



his





mo - ther:

      

here



said



your

son.

the





dis - ci - ple:





ther.

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355 Evangelist

                  And from that hour the

356 Evangelist

      Aft - er

dis - ci - ple took her

in - to

his own home.

         

this,

when Je - sus knew that

all

was now fin - ished,

357 Evangelist

             he

said (in

ord - er

ful - fill



the scrip - ture):

358 Jesus

            I

thirst

359 Evangelist

             A

jar

full

sour wine was stand - ing there.

360 Evangelist

                       

So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hys -sop and held it to his mouth.

361 Evangelist

           When Je - sus had

re - ceived the wine,

    

said:

363 Jesus

           It

fin

364 Evangelist

       

Then he bowed his head

ished.

       

and

gave up

his spir - it.

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G.P.

17    pp                                         366

All

For me, kind Je - sus,

                                pp           373

All

      

            

la - tion; thy death of an - guish and thy bit - ter pas - sion, for

                 380

Evangelist

was thy in - car - na - tion, thy mor - tal sor - row, and thy life's ob -

   

Since



was

the

day

 

my sal - va - tion.

                     





Prep - ar - a - tion,

381 Evangelist

                    the Jews did not want the bod - ies left on (people)

the cross dur - ing the sab - bath,

382 Evangelist

                     es - pe - cial - ly

be cause that sab - bath was

day of great so - lem - ni - ty.

383 Evangelist

                    So they asked Pi - late to have the legs of

384 Evangelist

          and the bod - ies

re - moved.

the cru - ci - fied men bro - ken

     Then the

sol -diers came

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386 Evangelist

                      

and broke the legs of the first and of the oth - er who had been cru - ci - fied with him.

387 Evangelist

                   But when they came to

Je - sus and saw that

388 Evangelist

        

      

they did not break his legs.

390 Evangelist

    

and

 at



he was



dead,

     

In - stead, one of the sol - ders pierced his side with a spear,



once blood

al - read - y

and



wa - ter





came

out.

391 Evangelist

                   He who saw this has test - i - fied so that you

392 Evangelist

          His test - i - mo - ny

394 Evangelist

   

       

is true,

and he knows that he tells the truth.

           

These things oc - curred so

that

the scrip - ture might be

395 Evangelist

al - so may be - lieve.

          

'None of his bones shall be bro - ken.'

ful - filled,

            And a - gain an - oth - er pass - age of scrip - ture says,

397 Evangelist

            'They will look on

the



one whom they have pierced.'

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18 398      

All

There - fore, kind Je - sus,

            405

All

                                 

pray

since I can - not pay thee, I do a - dore thee, and will ev - er

                                                          

thee, think on thy pi - ty and thy love un - swerv - ing, not

                          

     

 

my de - serv - ing.

            

February/March 2013, Philadelphia PA revised April 2019

Performance Notes: - Singers should feel free to change or adapt the pitches or rhythm of any of the solo parts, whether to emphasize different words, or for the comfort of the singer. - The original performance was sung unaccompanied, except for the verses of "Ah, Holy Jesus", which were accompanied by organ and sung by the congregation. You are welcome to adapt the piece to your own needs. - You are welcome to use keyboard accompaniment wherever you'd like: the hymns, choruses, or even a simple "basso continuo" style accompaniment for the solo parts. - Many opt to substitute the word "people" for the word "Jews".

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