Tune: Herongate
\'(It is a thing most wonderful\')
Matthew 27 v.15-25 parts
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At Passover feast Barabbas
Prisoner released, but Jesus
Before Pilate, who asked people
What shall I do? Answer me all
What to do with Jesus? They cried
Let Him now here be crucified
Though Pilate\'s wife told him of dream
And said, No judgement on Him deem
Pilate asked them, What evil deed
Has he done, that I you should heed?
But they did only cry the more
Wanting Him crucified for sure
Pilate saw the tumult, and he
Washed his hands before them, said, See
I innocent of the blood shed
Of this just man who you wish dead
They answered, His blood be upon
Us, and our children, daughters, sons
Upon them in judgement, or may
Be on them in salvation\'s day*
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* \'His blood be upon us\' can be double-edged - in judgement, or in salvation and forgiveness.