Jesus christ is risen today

Easter Christian hymn

"Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" is a Christian hymn. It was initially written in the 14th century as a BohemianLatin hymn titled "Surrexit Christus hodie".

It is an Easter hymn referring to the Resurrection of Jesus and based on Matthew 28:6, Acts 2:32, 1 Peter 3:18 and Revelation 1:17-18.^[1]

History

"Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" was first written in Latin titled "Surrexit Christus hodie", as a Bohemian hymn in the 14th century by an unknown author on manuscripts written in Munich and Breslau.^[2] In Latin, it had eleven verses.^[2] It was first translated into English in 1708 by John Baptist Walsh to be included in his Lyra Davidica (Collection of Divine Songs and Hymns).

The verses of the hymn were revised in 1749 by John Arnold. Initially the hymn only had three verses translated with just the first verse being a direct translation;^[2] in 1740 Charles Wesley (one of the founders