Christ became, for us

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Christus factus est pro nobis

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE GER

Christus factus est pro nobis
obediens usque ad mortem,
mortem autem crucis.
Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum:
et dedit illi nomen
quod est super omne nomen.

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Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , based on St. Paul's letter to the Philippians , Ch. 2, 8-9 [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 (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Christus factus est", WAB. 11 (1884), published 1886 [ chorus a cappella ], Vienna: Theodor Rättig [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Christus factus est pro nobis", op. 16 no. 1 (1923-4), from Fünf Canons, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Christus is voor ons geworden"
ENG English (Dr Michael P. Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

Christ became, for us

Language: English after the Latin

Christ became, for us,
Obedient to the point of death,
Even death on a cross.
Because of this, God has exalted him:
And given him a name
That is above every other name.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , based on St. Paul's letter to the Philippians , Ch. 2, 8-9
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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-05
Line count: 6
Word count: 33