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Tetelestai
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The word shouted by Jesus on the cross. THis word means 'Paid in Full'.
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Contemporary Christian Music, light rock, folk. Acoustic with vocal harmonies like Phillips Craig and Dean. Imagine if John Denver, Keith Green, Rich Mullins, N
Joe, Steve, and Chris Solaas are three brothers, all Eagle Scouts, with a desire to give a message of Good News to the world, and the talents to do so. is a high tenor with a voice like Neil Young. Rhythm and Lead guitar, bass, drums. is a baritone something like Bing Crosby meets Burl Ives. Rhythm Guitar. is a tenor like John Denver meets Chris Rice. Chris is the principle songwriter for the band. Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals, keyboards. Add to this mix Al English Jr., Sheila Zachary, and Mark Lucchessi is the bassist for the group. He also writes some material, and plays acoustic guitar and lead. He's a high tenor also, but has a huge range. Think 'Keith Green meets Phil Keagge'. is the female vocalist for the group. She has a voice like Nicole C Mullen with an attitude. is our drummer. He's been drumming all his life, and it shows. He's incredible. is our soundman and occasionally, keyboards.
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Genre
Rock • Christian Rock
Charts
#19,599 today Peak #124
#1,086 in subgenre Peak #9
Author
Christopher M Solaas
Rights
2006
Uploaded
September 18, 2007
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MP3 4.8 MB • 128 kbps • 5:11
Story behind the song
The word Tetelestai means 'Done!' or 'Finished!' - it is a word that was used in the first century marketplace to signify the end of haggling and the completion of a sale or contract. When buyer and seller agreed upon a price, this word was spoken by the seller to close the deal. This is done even today, with a handshake and a 'Done!' This word was also written across the sentence of a criminal when he had served his sentence, whether that sentence was time in jail, a flogging, or crucifixion. A roman soldier would carry the sentence before the accused, to read it aloud to the crowd, asking if there was anyone with evidence for the accused's innocence. They did not wish to kill an innocent. Once the punishment was carried out, Tetelestai was written across the sentence. If the criminal simply spent time in jail, etc, he was given this document when he exited the jail, to keep him from being punished twice for the same crime. This song is from the perspective of Barabbas...
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Verse 1: It was cold and damp and agonizing Chained up in that cell. I could hear the soldiers coming now To lead us up that hill. As I heard the key turn in the lock My head was hung in shame We were all 3 going to die now, And I was to blame. Verse2: My men and I were robbers, But I led them in a fight We killed a squad of Roman soldiers Deep within the night Pilate sentenced us to all be Scourged and crucified And our debts would not be Paid in Full Till all, All of us had died. Chorus1: Tetelestai! Tetelestai! Written on our sentences when all of us had died! Paid in full! The job is done! The debt is satisfied! At the time, the word did not mean much to me, That word Tetelestai! Verse3: Blinking in the morning light, Confusion in the air. But within the fog of fear I saw The Centurion there. He handed me the paper That had sentenced me to die. But written right across it Was that word, That word Tetelestai! Chorus2: Tetelestai! Tetelestai! Written on my sentence, though another was to die! It is Finished! Paid in full! The debt is satisfied! Yes, my sins were all forgiven in that word, That word Tetelestai! Verse4: Carried by the mocking crowd, I followed up the street, And I winced as they drove nails Into their hands and their feet. And on my cross hung Jesus With His arms nailed open wide And He cried that word, Tetelestai And hung His head and died. Chorus2: Verse5: Now the years have passed, and I've grown old Yet I ponder on that word. I've been given a free pardon By the Maker of the World And in the book of all my sins The Lord has had inscribed Across them all, that wondrous word, That word, Tetelestai! Chorus2:
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