Good Friday Reflection

Here is how John's Gospel account of the crucifixion of Jesus begins in John 19: 16 - 18:

"So they took Jesus;and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. 

There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them."

One musical work I love to hear on Good Friday is the oratorio 'Crucifixion' by John Stainer. My favourite chorus within that is 'God so loved the world'. It is based on John 3: 16 - 17 (the King James Version):

"For God so love the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved."

Here it is sung in 2019 by the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

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