Acts 2:24: "God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it."
1 Corinthians 15:54-57: "54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' 55 'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?' 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 5:7b: "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed."
2 Timothy 1:10: "...and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel"
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Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands
For our offenses given;
But now at God's right hand He stands
And brings us life from heaven.
Therefore let us joyful be
And sing to God right thankfully
Loud songs of alleluia!
Alleluia!
No son of man could conquer death,
Such ruin sin had wrought us.
No innocence was found on earth,
And therefore death had brought us
Into bondage from of old
And ever grew more strong and bold
And held us as its captive.
Alleluia!
Christ Jesus, God's own Son, came down,
His people to deliver;
Destroying sin, He took the crown
From death's pale brow forever:
Stripped of pow'r, no more it reigns;
An empty form alone remains;
Its sting is lost forever.
Alleluia!
It was a strange and dreadful strife
When life and death contended;
The victory remained with life,
The reign of death was ended.
Holy Scripture plainly saith
That death is swallowed up by death,
Its sting is lost forever.
Alleluia!
Here our true Paschal Lamb we see,
Whom God so freely gave us;
He died on the accursèd tree -
So strong His love - to save us.
See, His blood now marks our door;
Faith points to it; death passes o'er,
And Satan cannot harm us.
Alleluia!
So let us keep the festival
To which the Lord invites us;
Christ is Himself the joy of all,
The sun that warms and lights us.
Now His grace to us imparts
Eternal sunshine to our hearts;
The night of sin is ended.
Alleluia!
Then let us feast this Easter day
On Christ, the bread of heaven;
The Word of grace has purged away
The old and evil leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed;
He is our meat and drink indeed;
Faith lives upon no other!
Alleluia!
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The first verse seems to be taken from Acts 2:24, although as far as specific word choice, there's not much in common.
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 appears in the third and fourth verses, specifically "death is swallowed up by death, / Its sting is lost forever."
At the beginning of the fifth verse, Christ is called "our true Paschal Lamb," which is taken from 1 Corinthians 5:7b.
2 Timothy 1:10 seems to be referenced a few times in the hymn: Christ's "bring[ing] us life from heaven" in the first verse, "The victory remained with life, / The reign of death was ended" in the fourth, and the sustenance and provision detailed in the sixth and seventh verses (as specific examples of "life and immortality").
I also found a few uncited sources:
The lines "See, His blood now marks our door; / Faith points to it; death passes o'er" in the fifth verse refer to the Passover, described in Exodus 12.
Christ as "The sun that warms and lights us" and even "Eternal sunshine" in the sixth verse is an image from Revelation 21:23: "And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb."
"Christ, the bread of heaven" in the seventh verse seems to come from "I am the bread of life... come down from heaven" in John 6, but there are probably other Biblical passages that could be cited for this too.
Finally, "The Word of grace has purged away / The old and evil leaven" seems to come from 1 Corinthians 5:7-8: "Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
1 Corinthians 15:54-57 appears in the third and fourth verses, specifically "death is swallowed up by death, / Its sting is lost forever."
At the beginning of the fifth verse, Christ is called "our true Paschal Lamb," which is taken from 1 Corinthians 5:7b.
2 Timothy 1:10 seems to be referenced a few times in the hymn: Christ's "bring[ing] us life from heaven" in the first verse, "The victory remained with life, / The reign of death was ended" in the fourth, and the sustenance and provision detailed in the sixth and seventh verses (as specific examples of "life and immortality").
I also found a few uncited sources:
The lines "See, His blood now marks our door; / Faith points to it; death passes o'er" in the fifth verse refer to the Passover, described in Exodus 12.
Christ as "The sun that warms and lights us" and even "Eternal sunshine" in the sixth verse is an image from Revelation 21:23: "And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb."
"Christ, the bread of heaven" in the seventh verse seems to come from "I am the bread of life... come down from heaven" in John 6, but there are probably other Biblical passages that could be cited for this too.
Finally, "The Word of grace has purged away / The old and evil leaven" seems to come from 1 Corinthians 5:7-8: "Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."
