Why did He die

hanging there against the sky?

The evil witness stood and lied,

Peter swore, and trice denied.

Why did Jesus die?

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Why was He torn

for crimes He never once had worn?

The crush and pierce of razor thorns

He bore amid the sins and scorns.

Why was Jesus torn?

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Why nail those hands

That touched the blind, made cripples stand?

Righted wrongs throughout the land,

helped the simple understand.

Why nail those hands?

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Why did He die—

thirsting there against the sky

for sinners, sellouts, traitors high,

the simple ones, and those who lie.

Why…did He die?

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