Finsternis kam über das Land, als die Juden Jesus kreuzigten

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent...

Language: Latin

Our translations: 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.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Charpentier

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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"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634 - 1704), "Responsorium", H. 129 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Johann) Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806), "Tenebræ factæ sunt", MH 162 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Tenebrae factae sunt" [ chorus ], from Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, no. 3, motet [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Het was donker geworden"

Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2005-03-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

Finsternis kam über das Land, als die...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Latin

Finsternis kam über das Land, als die Juden Jesus kreuzigten,
und gegen die neunte Stunde schrie Jesus laut auf:
„Mein Gott, warum hast Du mich verlassen?“
Und er neigte sein Haupt und gab seinen Geist auf.

Jesus rief mit lauter Stimme:
„Vater, in Deine Hände empfehle ich meinen Geist.“

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 49