A Visit With Jesus: Music Videos

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Social Club Misfits - ft. Austin French

Artist: Social Club Misfits

Artist: Austin French

Composer: Martin Lorenzo Santiago, Fernando Miranda, Kyle Williams, Jordan Douglas Sapp

3:14

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Enough To Let Me Go

Switchfoot

Artist: Switchfoot

Composer: Jonathan Mark Foreman, Timothy David Foreman

3:53

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Entertaining Angels

Newsboys

Artist: Newsboys

Composer: Peter Furler, Jody Davis, Philip Joel Urry

5:18

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Entreat Me Not to Leave You

UWEC Choral

Artist: UWEC Choral

Composer: Dan Forrest

7:08

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Es ist ein ros entsprungen (A Rose Has Sprung)

Voces8

Artist: Voces8

Composer: Music probaby by MichaelPraetorius; Lyrcs by Unknown

3:48

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"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" is a Christmas carol and Marian hymn of German origin. It is most commonly translated into English as "Lo, how a rose e'er blooming" and is also called "A Spotless Rose" and "Behold a Rose of Judah". The rose in the German text is a symbolic reference to the Virgin Mary.
The hymn makes reference to the Old Testament prophecies of Isaiah, which in Christian interpretation foretell the Incarnation of Christ, and to the Tree of Jesse, a traditional symbol of the lineage of Jesus. Because of its prophetic theme, the hymn is popular during the Christian season of Advent.
The hymn has its roots in an unknown author before the 17th century. It first appeared in print in 1599 and has since been published with a varying number of verses and in several translations. It is most commonly sung to a melody harmonized by the German composer Michael Praetorius in 1609. The hymn's popularity endures in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The hymn was originally written with two verses that describe the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah foretelling the birth of Jesus. It emphasizes the royal genealogy of Jesus and Christian messianic prophecies. The hymn describes a rose sprouting from the stem of the Tree of Jesse, a symbolic device that depicts the descent of Jesus from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David. The image was especially popular in medieval times, and it features in many works of religious art from the period. It has its origin in the Book of Isaiah:

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
— Isaiah 11:1

The second verse of the hymn, written in the first person, then explains to the listener the meaning of this symbolism: That Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the rose that has sprung up to bring forth the Christ child, represented as a small flower ("das Blümlein"). The German text affirms that Mary is a "pure maiden" ("die reine Magd"), emphasizing the doctrine of the Virgin birth of Jesus. In Theodore Baker's 1894 English translation, on the other hand, the second verse indicates that the rose symbolizes the infant Christ.

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