The Suffering Servant
Item Number: 5843
Format: Octavo
Voicing: SATB
By Ruth Elaine Schram
The Suffering Servant is a Good Friday anthem that may also be appropriate for Lenten services and for the season of Pentecost. Corresponding lectionary readings include Psalm 31. Isaiah 52: 13-53: 1-12. John 18: I - 19: 42 (the passion narrative). and Hebrews 4: 14-16 and 5: 7-9. One basic homiletical theme is The Paradox of Salvation: through death comes Eternal Life. .
