He stood before the court
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1 He stood before the court
on trial instead of us;
he met its power to hurt,
condemned to face the cross:
our king, accused
of treachery;
our God, abused
for blasphemy!... (continues)
Written by: Christopher Idle [Find texts by Christopher Idle]
This text appears in the Jubilate Group publication(s):
- Come Rejoice! - number 55
- Hymns for the People - number 112
- Hymns for Today's Church (1st/2nd editions) - number 129
Related Biblical passages:
- Matthew - chapter 26 - verse(s) 57-68
- Mark - chapter 14 - verse(s) 55-65
- Luke - chapter 22 - verse(s) 66-71
- John - chapter 19 - verse(s) &1-42
- John - chapter 18 - verse(s) 19-end&
- Romans - chapter 3 - verse(s) 19-26
- Romans - chapter 6 - verse(s) 04-6
- Romans - chapter 8 - verse(s) 01-2
- Colossians - chapter 2 - verse(s) 13-15
- 1 Peter - chapter 2 - verse(s) 24
- 1 John - chapter 2 - verse(s) 2
- 1 John - chapter 4 - verse(s) 09-10
- Revelation - chapter 12 - verse(s) 10
Theme(s) of this text:
- Atonement
- Condemnation of Jesus
- Cross
- Free
- Guilt
- King, God as
- Prisoners
- Silence
- Trials, trials of Jesus
