The Same Power That RAISED Jesus From the Dead!
Oh, That Grammar!
(Those otherwise lovely and lively Christian songs that are undermined by bad grammar!)
“The same power that” raised – not “rose” – “Jesus from the dead”!
Oh, the song goads me on with my Grammar Police calling.
Please! Get that bad grammar straightened out! A whole generation of Christian kids have had their English contorted by this otherwise-fine song!
We may say, “He arose” or “He rose” when He is the subject performing the action.
But when He is presented as the object of a Power (Father or Spirit, theologically speaking), he, grammatically is “raised” not “rose” from the dead!
So, “The same power that raised Jesus from the dead. . . “
Sing it!
14 April, 2023
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