Easter
Jesus Christ Who Came to Save
- Words:
- Martin Luther, 1524. Translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 1883.
- Music:
- 'Jesus Christus Unser Heiland, Der Den Tod (Klug)' from Klug's Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1533.
- Setting:
- Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Metre:
- 7 6 5 7 5
- 1Jesus Christ, who came to save,And overcame the grave,Is now arisen,And sin hath bound in prison.Kyri' eleison.
- 2Who withouten sin was found,Bore our transgression's wound.He is our Savior,And brings us to God's favor.
- 3Life and mercy, sin and death,All in His hands He hath;Them He'll deliver,Who trust in Him forever.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 2 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.