This poignant text underscores the irony of Jesus' life and ministry when the Good Shepherd ultimately became the sacrificial Lamb of God. The blending of major and minor modalities underscores the divergent textual themes distinctively brought together in this devotional anthem. (From the cantata "Behold! God's Holy Lamb": SATB - 55/1093L; SAB - 55/1094L).
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