List of Passion hymns

Passion hymns are hymns dedicated to the Passion of Jesus. They are often sung during Passiontide, namely for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Many of them were used as chorales in Passions, such as Bach's St John and St Matthew Passion.

List of Passion hymns

HymnTranslationTextTuneLanguagePublishedNotes
"Christe, du Lamm Gottes"
"Christus, der uns selig macht"Christ who makes us blessedMichael WeißeBohemian BrethrenGerman1531
"Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß"When the Lord Christ sat at the tableNikolaus Hermanin GörlitzGerman1560
"Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund"When Jesus stood by the CrossJohann BöschensteinGenevan PsalterGerman1537Sayings of Jesus on the cross
"Gloria, laus et honor""All Glory, Laud and Honour"
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"He on the Cross is my loveJohann Mentzer or
Ahasverus Fritsch
"Werde munter, mein Gemüte"German
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"He on the Cross is my loveJ. E. Greding"Freue dich, du meine Seele"German1740
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"He on the Cross is my loveFriedrich Gottlieb Klopstock"Freue dich, du meine Seele"German1758
"Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe"He on the Cross is my loveLothar ZenettiGerman1974
"Herzliebster Jesu"Oh Dearest JesusJohann HeermannJohann CrügerGerman1630
"O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"O Sacred Head, Now WoundedPaul GerhardtHans Leo HasslerGerman1656
"Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod"Suffering, pain and death of JesusPaul StockmannMelchior VulpiusGerman1633
"Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier"Gottfried Wilhelm SacerZahn 6453 (1714)
Harmonisation: BWV 472 (1736)
German1661[1]
"It is finished! Christ hath known"Gabriel GillettEnglish1906The English Hymnal No. 118 (p. 162)
"O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig"O Lamb of God, innocentNikolaus DeciusNikolaus DeciusGerman1531based on Agnus Dei
"Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld"A Lambkin goes and bears the guiltPaul Gerhardt"An Wasserflüssen Babylon"German1647
"Lift High the Cross"George Kitchin"Crucifer"English1887
"O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"O man, bewail thy sins so greatSebald HeydenGerman1530
"Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!"
"O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben"O world, see here your lifeNikolaus Decius"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen"German1647
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"Isaac Watts"Rockingham"English1707

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