{"id":110819,"date":"2026-09-29T15:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=110819"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:21:37","slug":"handels-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/handels-messiah\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4ea8\u5fb7\u5c14\u7684\u300a\u5f25\u8d5b\u4e9a\u300b\uff1a\u5176\u7ecf\u6587\u3001\u521b\u4f5c\u53ca\u5176\u9996\u6b21\u6148\u5584\u6f14\u51fa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Handel&#039;s Messiah is a sacred oratorio whose words come entirely from the Bible. Charles Jennens chose the passages, from the King James Version and the Prayer Book psalms, and Handel set them to music in about 24 days in 1741. It was first sung in Dublin on 13 April 1742, to raise money for prisoners and the sick. Messiah&#039;s first performance was a charity benefit, and every word it sets is Scripture. The Dublin papers recorded where that day&#039;s money\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Written in 24 days in 1741, it was first sung in Dublin in 1742 to free debtors and help the sick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-110819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111074,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/christianity-vs-islam\/","url_meta":{"origin":110819,"position":0},"title":"Christianity vs Islam: What Each Believes About God, Jesus and Scripture","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"30 9 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Both worship one God and honor Jesus as the virgin-born Messiah. 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