Pax vobis ego sum

General information

Gospel motet for Quasimodo, from Luke 24:36. The first 2 lines are used as an antiphon for Tuesday of Easter 2 and Wednesday of Easter 4.

Notes on selected settings

• Claudio Merulo SATTB (only first two lines)
• Loyset Piéton SATB or ATTB
• Ivo de Vento SATB or ATTB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Claudio Merulo — Pax vobis ego sum  Latin SATTB
• Loyset Piéton — Pax vobis ego sum  Latin STTB
• Ivo de Vento — Pax vobis ego sum  Latin SATB

Text and translations

The text is a combination of Luke 24:36, Luke 24:39 and Psalm 3:6.

Latin text Pax vobis, ego sum. Alleluja. Nolite timere. Alleluja. Videte manus meas et pedes meos, quia ego ipse sum. Alleluja. Palpate et videte, quia spiritus carnem et ossa non habet sicut me videtis habere. Alleluja. Ego dormivi et somnum coepi et resurrexi. Alleluja.

German translation Der Friede sei mit euch, ich bin’s. Fürchtet euch nicht. Sehet meine Hände und Füße, denn ich bin es selbst. Fühlt mich und seht, denn ein Geist hat nicht Fleisch noch Bein, wie ihr seht, dass ich habe. Ich lag und schlief und erwachte.

English translation Peace be to you; it is I, fear not. See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up.                          Douay-Rheims bible