by JWeaver » Sat May 09, 2009 2:33 am
IT WASN'T THE NAILS
FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER HE WAS DELIVERED BY ONE OF HIS OWN,
TO THE OLD HIGH PRIEST FOR A JOURNEY THAT WOULD SEEM OH SO LONG;
AND HE SPOKE NOT A WORD AND DID WHATEVER HE WAS ASKED TO DO,
THEN HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE AS A SACRIFICE FOR ME AND FOR YOU.
(CHORUS)
BUT IT WASN'T THE NAILS, THAT THE OLD ROMAN SOLDIERS, DROVE THRU HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET,
AND IT WASN'T THE CROWN, THAT THEY PLACED ON HIS HEAD, AS A SYMBOL OF DEFEAT.
NO IT WASN'T THE SPEAR, THAT THEY PLACED IN HIS SIDE, THERE AT CALVARY,
BUT IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.
AFTER IT WAS FINISHED THEY PLACED HIS BODY IN A TOMB AND PLACED A STONE IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
THEY THOUGHT SURELY WE WON'T HAVE TO SEE THIS MAN ANYMORE;
OH BUT ON THE THIRD DAY AN ANGEL CAME DOWN AND ROLLED THE STONE AWAY;
YOU SEE JESUS HAS RISEN FROM DEATHS DARK PRISON AND HE CONQUERED DEATH HELL AND THE GRAVE.
(CHORUS)
BUT IT WASN'T THE NAILS THAT THE OLD ROMAN SOLDIERS DROVE THRU HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET,
AND IT WASN'T THE CROWN THAT THEY PLACED ON HIS HEAD AS A SYMBOL OF DEFEAT.
NO IT WASN'T THE SPEAR THAT THEY PLACED IN HIS SIDE THERE AT CALVARY,
BUT IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.
IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.
IT WASN'T THE NAILS
FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER HE WAS DELIVERED BY ONE OF HIS OWN,
TO THE OLD HIGH PRIEST FOR A JOURNEY THAT WOULD SEEM OH SO LONG;
AND HE SPOKE NOT A WORD AND DID WHATEVER HE WAS ASKED TO DO,
THEN HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE AS A SACRIFICE FOR ME AND FOR YOU.
(CHORUS)
BUT IT WASN'T THE NAILS, THAT THE OLD ROMAN SOLDIERS, DROVE THRU HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET,
AND IT WASN'T THE CROWN, THAT THEY PLACED ON HIS HEAD, AS A SYMBOL OF DEFEAT.
NO IT WASN'T THE SPEAR, THAT THEY PLACED IN HIS SIDE, THERE AT CALVARY,
BUT IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.
AFTER IT WAS FINISHED THEY PLACED HIS BODY IN A TOMB AND PLACED A STONE IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
THEY THOUGHT SURELY WE WON'T HAVE TO SEE THIS MAN ANYMORE;
OH BUT ON THE THIRD DAY AN ANGEL CAME DOWN AND ROLLED THE STONE AWAY;
YOU SEE JESUS HAS RISEN FROM DEATHS DARK PRISON AND HE CONQUERED DEATH HELL AND THE GRAVE.
(CHORUS)
BUT IT WASN'T THE NAILS THAT THE OLD ROMAN SOLDIERS DROVE THRU HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET,
AND IT WASN'T THE CROWN THAT THEY PLACED ON HIS HEAD AS A SYMBOL OF DEFEAT.
NO IT WASN'T THE SPEAR THAT THEY PLACED IN HIS SIDE THERE AT CALVARY,
BUT IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.
IT WAS LOVE FOR MANKIND THAT HELD JESUS TO THE OLD RUGGED TREE.