Expository Songs

Hymns · 1907

Were You There

Songwriter African-American Spiritual

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Details

Copyright Public Domain

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from
Matthew 27:35Matthew 27:59-60Mark 15:24-25Mark 15:46Luke 23:33Luke 23:52-53John 19:18John 19:41-42Acts 13:29

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to
Matthew 28:2-4Acts 2:4Acts 3:15Acts 4:10Acts 10:40Acts 13:29-30Romans 10:9I Corinthians 2:8

Lyrics

Verse 1
Were you there when they cru­ci­fied my Lord? (Matt. 27:35, Mark 15:24-25, Luke 23:33, John 19:18, I Cor. 2:8)
Were you there when they cru­ci­fied my Lord?
Oh! Some­times it caus­es me to trem­ble, trem­ble, trem­ble.
Were you there when they cru­ci­fied my Lord?

Verse 2
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? (Matt. 27:35, Mark 15:24-25, Luke 23:33, John 19:18, I Cor. 2:8)
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Oh! Some­times it caus­es me to trem­ble, trem­ble, trem­ble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?

Verse 3
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? (Matt. 27:59-60, Mark 15:46, Luke 23:52-53, John 19:41-42, Acts 13:29)
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh! Some­times it caus­es me to trem­ble, trem­ble, trem­ble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?

Verse 4
Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb? (Acts 2:4, Acts 3:15, Acts 4:10, Acts 10:40, Acts 13:29-30, Rom. 10:9)
Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?
Oh! Some­times it caus­es me to trem­ble, trem­ble, trem­ble. (Matt. 28:2-4)
Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?