Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod

"Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod"
Lutheran Passion hymn
CatalogueZahn 6288
Textby Paul Stockmann
LanguageGerman
Melodyby Melchior Vulpius
Published1633 (1633)

"Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod" (Suffering, pain and death of Jesus) is a German Lutheran hymn by Paul Stockmann. Written in 34 stanzas and published in 1633, it narrates the Passion of Jesus. It was sung to a melody by Melchior Vulpius. Johann Sebastian Bach used three of its stanzas as chorales in his St John Passion.

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