Matthew 12:39-41: "39 But he answered them, 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.'"
Mark 3:27: "'But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.'"
Hebrews 2:7-15: "7 'You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, 8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.' Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
"10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 For he who sanctified and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying 'I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.' 13 And again, 'I will put my trust in him.' And again, 'Behold, I and the children God has given me.'
"14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
Hebrews 12:2: "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
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The text from Matthew appears in the first verse: "He [Christ], the greater Jonah, bounding / From the grave, His three-day bed." The verse from Mark is in the second verse: "Stronger He, the strong man binding / Takes, disarms his house of doom."
The third verse is drawn from the cited verses from Hebrews 2. "Jesus, author of salvation, / Shared in our humanity" takes a phrase from verse 10 ("the founder of their salvation") and summarizes some other verses. "Crowned with radiant exaltation, / Now He shares His victory! / From His face / Shines the grace / Meant for all our fall race" comes from verse 9: "But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone."
The fourth verse comes from Hebrews 12:2. Primarily, the hymn draws from "seated at the right hand of the throne of God" as an image of sovereignty (the verse starts with the line "Praise the Lord, His reign commences"), but - like the verse from Hebrews - the hymn verse is also something of a summary: "Paschal Lamb, for our offenses, / Slain and raised to set us free!" This line also seems to draw from John 1:29: "The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
The third verse is drawn from the cited verses from Hebrews 2. "Jesus, author of salvation, / Shared in our humanity" takes a phrase from verse 10 ("the founder of their salvation") and summarizes some other verses. "Crowned with radiant exaltation, / Now He shares His victory! / From His face / Shines the grace / Meant for all our fall race" comes from verse 9: "But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone."
The fourth verse comes from Hebrews 12:2. Primarily, the hymn draws from "seated at the right hand of the throne of God" as an image of sovereignty (the verse starts with the line "Praise the Lord, His reign commences"), but - like the verse from Hebrews - the hymn verse is also something of a summary: "Paschal Lamb, for our offenses, / Slain and raised to set us free!" This line also seems to draw from John 1:29: "The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
