Tamquam ad latronem

General information

The Fourth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Good Friday. Taken from Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48-49.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Giacomo Apollonio — Tamquam ad latronem  Latin SATB.ATTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Tamquam ad latronem  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Tamquam ad latrónem  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Tamquam ad latronem  Latin SATB, ATBB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Tamquam ad latronem, ZWV 55:13  Latin SATB
• Annibale Zoilo — Tamquam ad latronem  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Tamquam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et fustibus comprehendere me: Quotidie apud vos eram in templo docens, et non me tenuistis: et ecce flagellatum ducitis ad crucifigendum. Cumque injecissent manus in Jesu, et tenuissent eum, dixit ad eos. Quotidie...

English translation As if against a robber, ye went forth with swords and clubs to apprehend me: Daily was I with ye in the temple teaching, and ye did not seize me: and behold, ye lead me, scourged, to be crucified. When they had laid hands on Jesus and seized him, he said to them. Daily...