The document summarizes Part II of Handel's Messiah, which focuses on the sacrifice and redemption of Christ. It describes Christ's scourging, crucifixion and suffering (movements 22-30). It then addresses his death, descent into hell and resurrection (movements 31-32). Later movements discuss the ascension of Christ (33), his divinity being revealed in heaven (34-35), and the beginning of evangelism through the gift of tongues (36-39). The rejection of the gospel by rulers is depicted (40-41) before the final triumph of God is declared in movements 42-44.

1. ADVENT WITH
THE MESSIAH
Music by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Charles Jennens

2. WEEK 3

3. PART II
The accomplishment of redemption by the sacrifice of Christ,
mankind's rejection of God's offer, and mankind's utter defeat
when trying to oppose the power of the Almighty

4. PART II – SCENE 1
The redemptive sacrifice, the scourging and the agony
on the cross
(movements 22-30)

5. 22. CHORUS (3:37)
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
(John 1: 29)

6. 23. AIR (5:35)
(Alto) He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief.
(Isaiah 53:3)
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that
plucked off His hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
He was despised. . . da capo
(Isaiah 53:6)

7. 24. CHORUS (2:56)
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows!
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
(Isaiah 53:4-5)

8. 25. CHORUS (1:57)
And with His stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)

9. 26. CHORUS (4:10)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
all.
(Isaiah 53:6)

10. 27. ACCOMPAGNATO (0:58)
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their
lips, and shake their heads, saying:
(Psalm 22:7)

11. 28. CHORUS (2:47)
"He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver
Him, if He delight in Him."
(Psalm 22: 8)

12. 29. ACCOMPAGNATO (2:05)
(Tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of
heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there
was no man, neither found He any to comfort him.
(Psalm 69: 20)

13. 30. ARIOSO (1:42)
(Tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His
sorrow.
(Lamentations 1:12)

14. PART II – SCENE 2
His sacrificial death, His passage through Hell and
Resurrection
(movements 31-32)

15. 31. ACCOMPAGNATO (0:29)
(Soprano or Tenor) He was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.
(Isaiah 53: 8)

16. 32. AIR (2:52)
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer
Thy Holy One to see corruption.
(Psalm 16: 10)

17. PART II – SCENE 3
His ascension
(movement 33)

18. 33. CHORUS (3:09)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in
battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory.
(Psalm 24: 7-10)

19. PART II – SCENE 4
God discloses his identity in Heaven
(movements 34-35)

20. 34.RECITATIVE (0:14)
Unto which of the angels said He at any time: "Thou art My
Son, this day have I begotten Thee?"
(Hebrews 1: 5)

21. 35.CHORUS (1:26)
Let all the angels of God worship Him.
(Hebrews 1: 6)

22. PART II – SCENE 5
Whitsun, the gift of tongues, the beginning of
evangelism
(movements 36-39)

23. 36.AIR (3:22)
(Alto or Soprano) Thou art gone up on high; Thou hast led
captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even from
Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
(Psalm 68: 18)

24. 37. CHORUS (1:11)
The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the
preachers.
(Psalm 68: 11)

25. 38. AIR OR DUET WITH CHORUS
(3:10)
Soprano or alto (or soprano, alto and Chorus) How beautiful are
the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things.
(Isaiah 52: 7; Romans 10: 15)

26. 39. CHORUS OR AIR FOR TENOR
(1:47)
Their sound is gone out into all lands,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
(Romans 10: 18; Psalm 19: 4)

27. PART II – SCENE 6
The world and its rulers reject the Gospel
(movements 40-41)

28. 40. AIR (OR « AIR AND
RECITATIVE ») (2:57)
(Bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why
do the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel
together against the Lord, and against His anointed.
(Psalm 2: 1-2)

29. WEEK 3

30. PART II
The accomplishment of redemption by the sacrifice of Christ,
mankind's rejection of God's offer, and mankind's utter defeat
when trying to oppose the power of the Almighty

31. PART II – SCENE 1
The redemptive sacrifice, the scourging and the agony
on the cross
(movements 22-30)

32. 22. CHORUS (3:37)
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
(John 1: 29)

33. 23. AIR (5:35)
(Alto) He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief.
(Isaiah 53:3)
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that
plucked off His hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
He was despised. . . da capo
(Isaiah 53:6)

34. 24. CHORUS (2:56)
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows!
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
(Isaiah 53:4-5)

35. 25. CHORUS (1:57)
And with His stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)

36. 26. CHORUS (4:10)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us
all.
(Isaiah 53:6)

37. 27. ACCOMPAGNATO (0:58)
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their
lips, and shake their heads, saying:
(Psalm 22:7)

38. 28. CHORUS (2:47)
"He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver
Him, if He delight in Him."
(Psalm 22: 8)

39. 29. ACCOMPAGNATO (2:05)
(Tenor) Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of
heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there
was no man, neither found He any to comfort him.
(Psalm 69: 20)

40. 30. ARIOSO (1:42)
(Tenor) Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His
sorrow.
(Lamentations 1:12)

41. PART II – SCENE 2
His sacrificial death, His passage through Hell and
Resurrection
(movements 31-32)

42. 31. ACCOMPAGNATO (0:29)
(Soprano or Tenor) He was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.
(Isaiah 53: 8)

43. 35.CHORUS (1:26)
Let all the angels of God worship Him.
(Hebrews 1: 6)

44. PART II – SCENE 5
Whitsun, the gift of tongues, the beginning of
evangelism
(movements 36-39)

45. 36.AIR (3:22)
(Alto or Soprano) Thou art gone up on high; Thou hast led
captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even from
Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
(Psalm 68: 18)

46. 37. CHORUS (1:11)
The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the
preachers.
(Psalm 68: 11)

47. 38. AIR OR DUET WITH CHORUS
(3:10)
Soprano or alto (or soprano, alto and Chorus) How beautiful are
the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things.
(Isaiah 52: 7; Romans 10: 15)

48. 40. AIR (OR « AIR AND
RECITATIVE ») (2:57)
(Bass) Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why
do the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel
together against the Lord, and against His anointed.
(Psalm 2: 1-2)

49. 41.CHORUS (1:52)
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes
from us.
(Psalm 2: 3)

50. PART II – SCENE 7
God's triumph
(movements 42-44)

51. 41.CHORUS (1:52)
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes
from us.
(Psalm 2: 3)

52. PART II – SCENE 7
God's triumph
(movements 42-44)

53. 42.RECITATIVE (0:27)
(Tenor) He that dwelleth in Heav'n shall laugh them to scorn;
The Lord shall have them in derision.
(Psalm 2: 4)

54. 43. AIR (2:05)
(Tenor) Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt
dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
(Psalm 2: 9)

55. 44.CHORUS (3:44)
Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
(Revelation 19: 6)
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.
(Revelation 11: 15)
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
(Revelation 19: 16)
Hallelujah!