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Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us
Staff Notation • Sacred, Anthems
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Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us by Berthold Tours — 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 is sacrificed for us
Berthold Tours' anthem Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us opens with a flowing, declamatory melody in the upper voices, soon joined by the basses. The SATB setting explores the Easter theme of Christ's resurrection, drawing on traditional words from the King James Bible. The music vividly depicts the text's message of spiritual renewal, contrasting the 'old leaven' of sin with the 'unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.' The choir is called to 'keep the feast' with this new understanding of life in Christ, alive unto God through His sacrifice and resurrection. The composer captures the solemnity and ultimate triumph of the Easter message with both gravitas and soaring hope.
