Behold the Man

Ye that pass by, behold the Man

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 104 hymnals

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1 Ye that pass by, behold the Man--
The Man of griefs--condemned for you;
The Lamb of God, for sinners slain,
Weeping to Calvary pursue.

2 To us our own Barabbas give,--
Away with him, they loudly cry;
Away with him, not fit to live,--
The vile seducer crucify!

3 His sacred limbs they stretch, they tear;
With nails they fasten to the wood;
His sacred limbs, exposed and bare,
Or only covered with his blood.

4 Behold his temples crowned with thorn;
His bleeding hands extended wide;
His streaming feet transfixed and torn;
The fountain gushing from his side!

5 O thou dear suff'ring Son of God,
How doth thy heart to sinners move!
Sprinkle on us thy precious blood,
And melt us with thy dying love


Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #187

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ye that pass by, behold the Man
Title: Behold the Man
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Ye that pass by, behold the man. C. Wesley. [Good Friday.] First published in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742, in 18 stanzas of 4 lines and entitled, "A Passion Hymn" (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. ii. p. 70). In the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, 15 stanzas were given as No. 24, the omitted stanzas being ii., iv., and vii. In the 1809 edition of that collection the hymn is divided into two parts, pt. ii. beginning with “O Thou dear suffering Son of God." Many expressions in the hymn, such as "Give me to feel Thy agonies," and others, have been much criticised from time to time, and this may possibly account for the omission of the hymn from the revised edition of the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1875. Both parts, however, are still in use in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #XXVI

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d649

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1009

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1016

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d1016

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #116

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #139

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #194

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #194

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d687

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d622

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #24

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #43

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A Collection of Hymns #194

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A Collection of Hymns #24

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d388

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #309

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #309

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #309

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d348

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d317

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.LXXIV

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.LXXIV

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #136

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A Selection of Hymns #CXXXVI

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #95

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Baptist Chorals #100

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Christian Praise #186

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d841

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David's Companion #23

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Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #35

Family Hymns #d297

General Collection of Hymns, Original and Selected, for Use of Christians #d382

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d390

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #89

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d612

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #89

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #90

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #90

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #145

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #145

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Hymnal #95

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #22

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #174

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #174

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #242

Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of Christians #d182

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #86b

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Use of Christians #d134

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d515

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Hymns for Missions with Tunes (Words only) #73

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Hymns for Social Worship #35

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #139

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Hymns selected from various authors #57

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Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed. corr.) #246

Hymns, Original and Selected, for the use of Christians #d304

Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. 8th ed. #d333

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Manual of Devotion #23[24]

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New Hymn and Tune book #169b

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New Hymn and Tune Book #169b

Scripture Song Database #4219

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #28

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d645

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Songs of Pilgrimage #698

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d487

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #95

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d922

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The Baptist Praise Book #332

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The Baptist Psalmody #166

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The Boston Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns #84

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #162

The Chorister, and School Harmonist, 1st ed. #d147

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #83

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The Cyber Hymnal #7817

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs #d282

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, with an Appendix of Choice Hymns #d274

The Harmonia Sacra #62A

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d384

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The Heart and Voice #65a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #101

The Mission Hymnal #d172

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The New Harmonia Sacra #62a

The Philharmonia #d500

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #854

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The Religious Songster #112

The Sacred Songster. 5th ed. #d202

The Sarum Hymnal #127

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #64

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The Tribute of Praise #64

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The Tribute of Praise #64

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