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XI.: Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod. Jesus Christ, who came to save. - Martin Luther, The Hymns of Martin Luther [1884]

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Dr. Martin Luther’s Deutsche Geistliche Lieder. The Hymns of Martin Luther set to their original Melodies with an English version, ed. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1884).

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XI.

Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod.
Jesus Christ, who came to save.

A Song of Praise for Easter.

Melody first published by Klug, 1543, and Bapst, 1545.

Harmony after John Sebastian Bach.

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    • 1Jesus Christus unser Heiland,
    • Der den Tod überwand,
    • Ist auferstanden,
    • Die Sünd’ hat er gefangen.
    • Kyrie eleison!
    • 2Der ohn’ Sünden war gebor’n,
    • Trug für uns Gottes Zorn,
    • Hat uns versöhnet,
    • Dass Gott uns sein’ Huld gönner.
    • Kyrie eleison!
    • 3Tod, Sünd’, Leben und Genad,
    • All’s in Händen er hat,
    • Er kann erretten
    • Alle, die zu ihm treten.
    • Kyrie eleison!
    • 1Jesus Christ, who came to save,
    • And overcame the grave,
    • Is now arisen,
    • And sin hath bound in prison.
    • Kyri’ eleison!
    • 2Who withoutén sin was found,
    • Bore our transgression’s wound.
    • He is our Saviour,
    • And brings us to God’s favor.
    • Kyri’ eleison!
    • 3Life and mercy, sin and death,
    • All in his hands he hath;
    • Them he’ll deliver,
    • Who trust in him forever.
    • Kyri’ eleison!