by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent...
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE GER
Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei:
et [circa]1 horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna:
Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti?
Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.
Exclamans Jesus voce magna, ait:
Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.
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Historical note: there is no basis in scripture or history for the portrayal of the Jewish people as the crucifiers of Jesus Christ. This long-standing charge of collective guilt was eventually repudiated by the Catholic Church at the second Vatican Council in 1965. Performers may opt to change the last word in the first line to "Nazarenum" instead (with thanks to Ian Pomerantz).
1 Charpentier: "circam"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Set in a modified version by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Het was donker geworden"
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Shadows covered the earth", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2005-03-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 38
Shadows covered the earth
Language: English  after the Latin
Shadows covered the earth, when [the Jews crucified Jesus]1,
and toward the ninth hour Jesus let forth a great cry, saying:
"My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
And lowering his head, he gave up the spirit.
Jesus, crying out in a great voice, said:
"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."
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1 if the change suggested in the footnote below the original on the left-hand side of this page is applied, this would become "when they crucified Jesus of Nazareth"
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This text was added to the website: 2005-03-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 53