LSB #456 "Were You There"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Matthew 28:6; Luke 22:33, 53; Romans 6:3-4

Matthew 28:6:  "'He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.  Come, see the place where he lay.'"

Luke 22:33:  "Peter said to him, 'Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.'"

Luke 22:53:  "'When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me.  But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.'"

Romans 6:3-4:  "3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?  4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."

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I think there's an error in the citations because Luke 23:33, 53 fit the hymn much better:

Luke 23:33:  "And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left."

Luke 23:53:  "Then he [Joseph of Arimathea] took it [Jesus' body] down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid."

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The text is public domain:

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh...
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Oh...
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?

Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh...
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?

Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?
Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?
Oh...
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?

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The Biblical sources for this are very straightforward.  The first two verses ("when they crucified my Lord" and "when they nailed Him to the tree") are from Luke 23:33.  The third verse ("when they laid Him in the tomb") is from Luke 23:53.  The fourth ("when God raised Him from the tomb") is from Matthew 28:6 and Romans 6:3-4.

I think Romans 6:3-4 might also be cited in order to give a bit more context for the hymn.  They explain the significance that Jesus' death and resurrection have for us, and the hymn alone doesn't.