Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Hymn Text Comparison

Add to Starred Hymns
< Back to authority page
Choose a text to compare against:

Compare to:

These texts are sorted by similarity. Texts in green are more similar to the current text, and red ones are more different.
1 Who is this that cometh from Edom?
Crimson-red His garments dyed,
In His hands are cruel nail-prints
And a spear-wound in His side.
Say, who is this “Man of Sorrows?”
Why is He thus pierced and scarred?
Who with face and form so kingly?
Why His beauteous visage marred?

Refrain:
It is Christ, the King of glory,
Who His life a ransom gave,
Bow before Him, and adore Him,
Jesus Christ the mighty to save.

2 Who is this, despised and rejected?
Who the winepress trod alone;
Who is this by all forsaken?
Left to comfort there are none.
Who is this oppressed, afflicted?
Yet no murmur ever heard;
As a Lamb led to the slaughter,
Yet He answers not a word. [Refrain]

3 Who is this with bearing so kingly?
And a crown His brow adorns,
Not of gold and gems befitting,
But of mocking, cruel thorns.
Why with many stripes thus beaten?
Why thus scourged and spit upon?
Why His anguish in the garden
Kneeling, praying all alone? [Refrain]

4 Who is this on Calvary’s mountain?
Dying there such shameful death?
Who for His tormentors praying,
With His last expiring breath?
Who is this that earth should tremble
And the sun in darkness hide,
Rocks be rent and graves be opened,
When He bowed His head and died? [Refrain]
Great Gospel Songs #115 (1929)
The Cyber Hymnal #7535
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.