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Jesus Paid It All (also known as Fullness in Christ and I hear the Saviour say and Christ All and in All) is a traditional American hymn about the penal substitutionary atonement for sin by the death of Jesus. The song references many Bible verses, including Romans 5 ("Jesus' sacrifice gives life") and Isaiah 1:18 ("a crimson flow"). [1]
"My cup runneth over" is a quotation from the Hebrew Bible and means "I have more than enough for my needs", though interpretations and usage vary. [ 1 ] In the Bible
The passage—which likewise refers to an arm (singular) rather than arms (plural)—reads: Young man— Young man— Your arm's too short to box with God. But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said: A certain man had two sons. Jesus didn't give this man a name, But his name is God Almighty. And Jesus didn't call these sons by name, But ev'ry ...
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"Somebody's Been Sleeping", a 1969 song by 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) which tells of a man who suspects that another man has been sleeping in his bed. Although the song mimics the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the man repeatedly says "Fe Fi Fo Fum." Ablaut reduplication; Baba Yaga, in Slavic folklore, also detects human presence by smell.
The song sparked controversy in Baltimore when a then ABC affiliate, WJZ, ran a report suggesting that a series of arsons in the area was a result of WHFS's airing the song. [ 7 ] His most recent album, One Step Ahead of the Spider , was released in 1994; it contained the single "If I Only Had a Brain", which became his best-known song.
The song may be an allusion to both the apple tree in Song of Solomon 2:3 which has been interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke 13:18–19 and elsewhere in the New Testament including Revelation 22:1–2 and within the Old Testament in Genesis.
Songwriter Ian Anderson described the song as "a blues for Jesus, about the gory, glory seekers who use his name as an excuse for a lot of unsavoury things. You know, 'Hey Dad, it's not my fault — the missionaries lied.'" [3] Sean Murphy of PopMatters wrote that, "For “Hymn 43” Anderson sets his sights on the US and in quick order sets about decimating the hypocrisy and myth-making of ...