Ten scriptural references for choruses in Handel's Messiah
- John 1:29 ("Behold the Lamb of God")
- Psalms 68:11 ("The Lord Gave the Word")
- Isaiah 9:6 ("For Unto Us a Child Is Born")
- Isaiah 53:5 ("And With His Stripes")
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 ("But Thanks Be to God")
- Psalms 24:7-10 ("Lift Up Your Heads")
- Revelations 5:9,12-3 ("Worthy is the Lamb")
- Isaiah 40:5 ("And the Glory of the Lord")
- Revelations 19:6; 11:15; 19:16 ("Hallelujah")
- Psalms 2:3 ("Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder")