Text:O dearest Jesus, why aren’t you acquitted?
Author:Johann Heermann, 1585-1647
Translator:David Arthur Schubert, 1942
Tune:HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Arranger:Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Composer:Johann Crüger, 1598-1662

337. O dearest Jesus, why aren’t you acquitted?

Text Information
First Line: O dearest Jesus, why aren’t you acquitted?
Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647
Translator: David Arthur Schubert, 1942
Meter: 11 11.11 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
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Topic: Holy Week; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Repentance
Copyright: Translation © D. A. Schubert
Tune Information
Name: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Composer: Johann Crüger, 1598-1662
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 (adapt. and alt.)
Meter: 11 11.11 5
Key: g minor
Source: Later form of melody by Johann Crüger



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