Songs from Matthew 27

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Matthew 27:1-10 (Expository) | Traitor’s Look

 | Songwriters: Michael Card
 | Artists: Michael Card
Songwriters: Michael Card
Artists: Michael Card
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1983
Hymnal/Album: Known By The Scars (Sparrow, 1983)

Matthew 27:3-9 (Expository) | The Blame (Shadows)

 | Songwriters: Graham Kendrick
 | Artists: Graham Kendrick
Songwriters: Graham Kendrick
Release Year: 1983
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Graham Kendrick on The Acoustic Gospels (2010).
Publishing: © 1983 Make Way Music

Matthew 27:11-36 (Expository) | Jesus Is Judged by Pilate

 | Songwriters: Jesse Roberts, Leah Roberts
 | Artists: Poor Bishop Hooper
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Poor Bishop Hooper on Golgotha (2017).

Matthew 27:14 (Expository) | He Answered Never a Word

 | Songwriters: Unknown

Matthew 27:15-26 (Expository) | What Kind of Man

 | Artists: Legacy Five
Artists: Legacy Five
Release Year: 2019
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Legacy Five on Pure Love (Daywind, 2019).

Matthew 27:22 (Expository) | What Will You Do with Jesus? (Simpson)

 | Songwriters: Albert B. Simpson

Matthew 27:23 (Expository) | Crown Him

 | Songwriters: Michael Card
 | Artists: Michael Card
Songwriters: Michael Card
Artists: Michael Card
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1983
Hymnal/Album: Known By The Scars (Sparrow, 1983)

Matthew 27:26-53 (Expository) | Ye that pass by, behold the Man!

 | Songwriters: Charles Wesley

Matthew 27:27-31 (Expository) | Jesus Is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns

 | Songwriters: Jesse Roberts, Leah Roberts
 | Artists: Poor Bishop Hooper
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Poor Bishop Hooper on Golgotha (2017).

Matthew 27:28-29 (Expository) | The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns

 | Songwriters: Thomas Kelly

Matthew 27:32 (Expository) | Jesus Is Helped by Simon of Cyrene

 | Songwriters: Jesse Roberts, Leah Roberts
 | Artists: Poor Bishop Hooper
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Poor Bishop Hooper on Golgotha (2017).

Matthew 27:35-44 (Expository) | Jesus Is Crucified

 | Songwriters: Jesse Roberts, Leah Roberts
 | Artists: Poor Bishop Hooper
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Poor Bishop Hooper on Golgotha (2017).

Matthew 27:45-56 (Expository) | Jesus Dies on the Cross

 | Songwriters: Jesse Roberts, Leah Roberts
 | Artists: Poor Bishop Hooper
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Poor Bishop Hooper on Golgotha (2017).

Matthew 27:46 (Expository) | Why Have You Forsaken Me?

 | Artists: Marty McCall
Artists: Marty McCall
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1991
Hymnal/Album: Introduced on At The Foot of the Cross Vols. 1 and 2 (1991)

Matthew 27:50-51 (Expository) | Tis finished! The Messiah Dies

 | Songwriters: Charles Wesley

Matthew 27:51 (Expository) | The Unveiled Christ

 | Songwriters: N. B. Herrell

Matthew 27:54 (Expository) | King of the Jews

 | Songwriters: Marty Goetz
 | Artists: Marty Goetz
Songwriters: Marty Goetz
Artists: Marty Goetz
Genre: Messianic
Release Year: 1996
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Marty Goetz on The Love of God (1996).
Publishing: © 1994 Singin in the Reign Music/ASCAP

Matthew 27:57-61 (Expository) | Joseph of Arimathea

 | Artists: Sarah Wilcox

Matthew 27:64 (Expository) | Christ is Risen, He is Risen Indeed

 | Songwriters: Ed Cash, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty

Matthew 27:64 (Expository) | He Is Risen

 | Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
 | Artists: Caroline Cobb
Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
Artists: Caroline Cobb
Release Year: 2013
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Caroline Cobb on The Blood + the Breath: Songs That Tell the Story of Redemption (2013).
Publishing: © 2013 Caroline Cobb Smith (ASCAP).

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Are You Washed In The Blood?

 | Songwriters: Elisha A. Hoffman

Matthew 27 (Reference) | At Calvary

 | Songwriters: William Newell

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Beyond the Cross

 | Songwriters: Mosie Lister
 | Artists: Booth Brothers

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Burdens are Lifted at Calvary

 | Songwriters: John Moore

Matthew 27 (Reference) | But For the Blood

 | Songwriters: Belinda Smith, Joel Lindsey
 | Artists: The Hoppers

Matthew 27 (Reference) | I Believe in a Hill Called Mt. Calvary

 | Artists: Gaither Vocal Band

Matthew 27 (Reference) | I Rest My Case at the Cross

 | Songwriters: Kyla Rowland
 | Artists: The Perrys

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Once Upon A Cross

 | Songwriters: Gina Boe, Marty Funderburk
 | Artists: Mark Trammell Trio
Release Year: 2007
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by the Mark Trammell Trio on Once Upon A Cross (2007).
Publishing: © 2006 Winding Way Music/ASCAP / Sunday Best Music/ASCAP.

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Settled At The Cross

 | Songwriters: Lee Black, Lyn Rowell, Phil Mehrens
 | Artists: The Nelons

Matthew 27 (Reference) | Then He Bowed His Head And Died

 | Songwriters: Bill Gaither, Gloria Gaither
 | Artists: Gaither Vocal Band

Matthew 27 (Reference) | When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

 | Songwriters: Isaac Watts
 | Artists:
Songwriters: Isaac Watts
Artists:
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1709
Hymnal/Album: Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs

Matthew 27:1-26 (Reference) | O Love Incomprehensible

 | Artists: Indelible Grace
Release Year: 2008
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Indelible Grace on Pilgrim Days: Indelible Grace II (2008).
Publishing: © 2001 Kevin Twit Music (ASCAP). Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Matthew 27:3 (Reference) | Thirty Pieces of Silver

 | Songwriters: Ira Stanphill
 | Artists: The Cathedrals
Songwriters: Ira Stanphill
Release Year: 1949
Hymnal/Album: Recorded by The Cathedrals on Land of the Bible (1966).
Publishing: © 1949 New Spring Publishing Inc./ASCAP (50%).

Matthew 27:3 (Reference) | What Kind of Person

 | Artists: Ross King
Artists: Ross King
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 2015
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Ross King on Unfettered (2015).

Matthew 27:3-9 (Reference) | Judas

 | Artists: Joseph Habedank
Release Year: 2021
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Joseph Habedank on Change Is Coming (2021).

Matthew 27:9 (Reference) | What Kind of Person

 | Artists: Ross King
Artists: Ross King
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 2015
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Ross King on Unfettered (2015).

Matthew 27:11-26 (Reference) | He Stood Before the Court

 | Songwriters: Christopher Idle
 | Artists: Koiné
Songwriters: Christopher Idle
Artists: Koiné
Release Year: 2009
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Koiné on Vol. III - Church Bells (2009).

Matthew 27:14 (Reference) | When You Touch Me (I’m Coming to See the Cross Again)

 | Songwriters: Stuart Townend
 | Artists: Stuart Townend

Matthew 27:15-26 (Reference) | Barabbas

Release Year: 2009
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Kevin Spencer and Friends on Shepherd Of My Valley (2009).

Matthew 27:15-31 (Reference) | I see the crowd in Pilate’s hall

 | Songwriters: Horatius Bonar

Matthew 27:17-21 (Reference) | In Our Place

 | Songwriters: Tim Briggs
 | Artists: Folk Hymnal
Songwriters: Tim Briggs
Artists: Folk Hymnal
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Folk Hymnal on Good News Songs (2020).

Matthew 27:17-26 (Reference) | Innocent Man

 | Artists: NewSong
Artists: NewSong
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 2005
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by NewSong on Say Yes! (2005).

Matthew 27:21 (Reference) | Jesus, Full of Compassion

 | Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
 | Artists: Caroline Cobb
Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
Artists: Caroline Cobb
Release Year: 2021
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Caroline Cobb on A King & His Kindness (2021).
Publishing: © 2020 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP), admin by Integrity Music.

Matthew 27:22 (Reference) | What Will You do With Jesus?

 | Songwriters: Albert Simpson, M.L. Stocks

Matthew 27:22-23 (Reference) | What Will You Do with Jesus?

 | Songwriters: Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey
Songwriters: Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1894

Matthew 27:22-23 (Reference) | What Will You Do with Jesus?

 | Songwriters: Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey
Songwriters: Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1894

Matthew 27:24 (Reference) | He Bore Our Sins In His Body

 | Artists: Yellowhammer Hymns
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Yellowhammer Hymns on Yellowhammer Hymns (2020).

Matthew 27:24 (Reference) | Midnight In The Middle of The Day

 | Artists: The Rambos
Artists: The Rambos
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by The Rambos.

Matthew 27:25 (Reference) | The Way I Come To You

 | Artists: Bethany Barnard
Release Year: 2009
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Bethany Dillon on Stop & Listen (Sparrow, 2009).

Matthew 27:26-31 (Reference) | My Savior! I Behold Thy Life

 | Songwriters: Samuel Stone
Songwriters: Samuel Stone
Release Year: 2010
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Cardiphonia Music on Hymns of Faith - Songs for the Apostles Creed (2010).

Matthew 27:27-31 (Reference) | Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious

 | Songwriters: Thomas Kelly

Matthew 27:27-31 (Reference) | O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

Matthew 27:27-31 (Reference) | Peter’s Song, Pt. 6

 | Artists: Lilyfields
Artists: Lilyfields
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Lilyfields on Peter's Song: A Lilyfields Collection (2020).

Matthew 27:27-31 (Reference) | To Mock Your Reign

 | Songwriters: Fred Pratt Green
Songwriters: Fred Pratt Green
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1922

Matthew 27:28-31 (Reference) | The Whipping

 | Artists: Cindy Morgan
Artists: Cindy Morgan
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1998

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | A Crown of Thorns

 | Songwriters: Ira Stanphill
 | Artists:
Songwriters: Ira Stanphill
Artists:
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1952
Hymnal/Album: Singspiration

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Calvary

 | Artists: Jim Brady Trio
Release Year: 2016
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by the Jim Brady Trio on Promises (2016).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Compassion Hymn

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | He Wore a Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | I Hear

 | Artists: Down East Boys
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by the Down East Boys on Faithful Still (2020).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Images of Faith

 | Artists: Marty McCall
Artists: Marty McCall
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1997
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Marty McCall on Images of Faith (1997).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Jesus Ever Abiding Friend

 | Artists: New Irish Hymns
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Joanne Hogg, Kristyn Lennox, and Margaret Becker on New Irish Hymns #2 - Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Jesus Ever Prays for Me

 | Songwriters: Abe Philip, Liza Philip
 | Artists: Abe & Liza Philip
Songwriters: Abe Philip, Liza Philip
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Abe & Liza Philip on Remember (2020).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Let Thy Blood and Mercy Poured

Release Year: 2015
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Hope College Worship on Thy Love Unfailing: Songs for Lent (2015).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Long Have I Pondered

 | Songwriters: Don Carson, Mark Hopper
 | Artists: D.A. Carson, Emu Music
Songwriters: Don Carson, Mark Hopper
Release Year: 1999
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Emu Music / D.A. Carson on Shout With Delight (1999).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | No Grave Could Keep

 | Songwriters: Matt Damico
 | Artists: Kenwood Music
Songwriters: Matt Damico
Artists: Kenwood Music
Release Year: 2015
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Kenwood Music on No Grave Could Keep (2015).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | Redemption Ground

 | Artists: Matt Redman
Artists: Matt Redman
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Matt Redman on Glory Song (2017).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | The Crown of Righteousness

 | Songwriters: F.L. Stone, Howard B. Grose

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | The Dead of Night

 | Artists: Crossing Music
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2021
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Crossing Music on The Dead of Night / Life to Life (2021).

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | The King in His Beauty

 | Songwriters: Daniel J. Mount, Taylor Garms
 | Artists: Daniel J. Mount
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Daniel J. Mount on Somewhere East of Eden (2020)
Publishing: © 2015 Tomorrow's Hymns/BMI | The Song Spot/BMI

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | When You Touch Me (I’m Coming to See the Cross Again)

 | Songwriters: Stuart Townend
 | Artists: Stuart Townend

Matthew 27:29 (Reference) | You Surrendered All

 | Artists: Abe & Liza Philip
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2021
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Abe & Liza Philip on Good and Beautiful and True (2021).
Publishing: © 2016 Abe & Liza Philip.

Matthew 27:29-31 (Reference) | Our Savior’s Crown

 | Songwriters: Fanny Crosby, Hubert Main
Genre: Hymns
Release Year: 1882

Matthew 27:31-33 (Reference) | I Carried His Cross

 | Songwriters: John Lemonis, Tony Wood
 | Artists: N'Harmony

Matthew 27:31-33 (Reference) | It’s the Cross that Carries Me

 | Songwriters: John Mathis
 | Artists: The Inspirations

Matthew 27:32 (Reference) | Cross of Christ

 | Artists: Scott Krippayne
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 1999

Matthew 27:32 (Reference) | Simon Carry My Cross

 | Artists: Adrian Snell

Matthew 27:32-56 (Reference) | I Will Glory In The Cross

 | Songwriters: Rob Smith
 | Artists: Emu Music
Songwriters: Rob Smith
Artists: Emu Music
Release Year: 2014
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Emu Music on Songs of the Saved (2014).

Matthew 27:32-56 (Reference) | Never Alone

 | Artists: Emu Music
Artists: Emu Music
Release Year: 2008
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Emu Music on Let All Creation Sing (2008).

Matthew 27:33 (Reference) | The King

Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2021
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Andrés Carson Brown on The Turbulence (2021).

Matthew 27:35 (Reference) | Only The Blood

 | Artists: Easter Brothers
Genre: Bluegrass
Release Year: 2000
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Easter Brothers on Heart and Soul (2000).

Matthew 27:35 (Reference) | Outside the Camp

 | Songwriters: Colin Buchanan
 | Artists: Colin Buchanan
Songwriters: Colin Buchanan
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Colin Buchanan on Calvary Road (2017).
Publishing: © 2017 Universal Music (Aust)

Matthew 27:35 (Reference) | Psalm 22 My God, My God

 | Artists: Ken Canedo

Matthew 27:35 (Reference) | Robe of Calvary

Matthew 27:37 (Reference) | Peter’s Song, Pt. 6

 | Artists: Lilyfields
Artists: Lilyfields
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2020
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Lilyfields on Peter's Song: A Lilyfields Collection (2020).

Matthew 27:37 (Reference) | This is Mercy

 | Songwriters: Natalie Harp, Rodney Griffin
 | Artists: Greater Vision

Matthew 27:38 (Reference) | The Right Side

 | Artists: Flatt Lonesome

Matthew 27:39 (Reference) | The Cross of Christ

 | Artists: Newday
Artists: Newday
Release Year: 2015
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Newday on Newday Worship Live 2015 (2015).
Publishing: © 2014 Freedom Sounds

Matthew 27:40 (Reference) | He Saved Me

 | Artists: 2nd Generation
Release Year: 2015
Publishing: Introduced by 2nd Generation on Soul Searching (2015).

Matthew 27:40 (Reference) | Maybe Next Year

 | Artists: Andrew Peterson
Genre: CCM
Release Year: 2018
Hymnal/Album: Resurrection Letters: Volume 1

Matthew 27:40 (Reference) | When You Touch Me (I’m Coming to See the Cross Again)

 | Songwriters: Stuart Townend
 | Artists: Stuart Townend

Matthew 27:42 (Reference) | In Christ Alone

 | Songwriters: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend

Matthew 27:42 (Reference) | Only the Sick Need a Physician

 | Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
 | Artists: Caroline Cobb
Songwriters: Caroline Cobb Smith
Artists: Caroline Cobb
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Caroline Cobb on A Home & A Hunger: Songs of Kingdom Hope (2017).
Publishing: © 2017 Sing the Story Music (ASCAP).

Matthew 27:42 (Reference) | What if I Were in the Garden

 | Artists: Nathan Clark George
Release Year: 2007
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Nathan Clark George on Rise In the Darkness (2007).

Matthew 27:44 (Reference) | Between Two Thieves

 | Artists: Freedom

Matthew 27:45 (Reference) | Heaven Was Counting to Three

 | Artists: Kingdom Heirs
Artists: Kingdom Heirs
Release Year: 2017
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by the Kingdom Heirs on The Last Big Thing (2017).

Matthew 27:45 (Reference) | The Power of the Cross

 | Songwriters: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend

Matthew 27:45 (Reference) | What a Day

 | Artists: Alisa Turner
Artists: Alisa Turner
Genre: Christian
Release Year: 2018
Hymnal/Album: Introduced by Alisa Turner on Miracle or Not (2018).

Matthew 27:46 (Reference) | Behold! Behold the Lamb of God

 | Songwriters: Joseph Hoskins