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Christ our passover
Staff Notation • Sacred, Entrance songs
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Christ our passover by George Alexander Macfarren — Lyrics
Traditional words (KJV)
Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
Therefore let us keep the feast: not with the old leaven nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.
For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin: but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Christ is risen from the dead: and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death: by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was,in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.
Modern words
Alleluia.
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us;
therefore let us keep the feast,
Not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil,
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About Christ our passover
George Alexander Macfarren's setting of Christ our Passover uses traditional King James Version words, exploring the themes of the Resurrection and the cleansing of the soul. The SATB voicing allows for rich harmonic possibilities as the text unfolds, from the sacrificial imagery of the Passover lamb to the victorious declaration of Christ's resurrection. The music reflects the earnest plea for sincerity and truth, contrasting it with the 'leaven of malice and wickedness'. It concludes with the profound theological statement of Christ as the first-fruits of the dead, a powerful assurance of the resurrection for believers. This sacred anthem is suitable as an entrance song, setting a tone of spiritual renewal and faith.
