Display Title: Christ Jesus Lay First Line: Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands Tune Title: CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN Author: Catherine Winkworth; Johann Christian Jacobi; Martin Luther; Richard Massie Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.8.7.4 Scripture: Exodus 12:1-20; Isaiah 25:6-10; John 6:48-51; Acts 2:22-36; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 Date: 2020 Subject: Confessing Faith | ; Death and Eternal Life | ; Heritage | 16th-Century; Heritage | Before 1500; Jesus Christ | Resurrection of; Liberation | ; Salvation | Source: Victimae Paschali, (present-day Germany), ca. 11th c.; English trans. composite Richard Massie (England), Martin Luther’s Spiritual Songs, 1854, Catherine Winkworth (England), Lyra Germanica I, 1855, and Johann Jacobi (present-day Germany), Psalmodia Germanica, 1722; trans. Martin Luther (present-day Germany), “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” Eyn Enchiridion, 1524
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