[Verse 1]
My name is not important
But by a story you must hear
I've been in Judea
For five long years
I am an Roman soldier
Centurion of strength
And though I've been around the world
I've never seen such things
As I saw in the man Jesus
The carpenter's son
I'd always seem to like
Though we spoke only once
The crowds were getting larger
Everywhere he was heard
I feared there might be trouble
Though something in his words
Gave me a sense of peace
That seemed to ease my mind
As I saw him with the leper
The lame and the blind
And I'm not concerned anymore
With what you might believe
All I can do
Is tell you what I've seen
[Chorus]
I saw him heal them
With the touch of his hand
And I saw him feed five-thousand
Surely he's more than just a man
As surely as I saw him
[Verse 2]
Then they brought him to us
It was a strange thing indeed
They said he spread rebellion
And though we disagreed
To appease them we scourge him
And crowned him with thorns
Oh I've never seen a man
So beaten and so torn
Then Pilate did present him
Behold the man you know
So severely punished
We thought they'd let him go
But the crowd became a demon
I'll never understand
They all cried "Crucify
Crucify him"
[Chorus]
And I saw him dying
I put the nails in his hands
I saw him forgive us one-and-all
Surely this man was the son of God
As surely as I saw him
[Verse 3]
What I must now tell you
Is the strangest thing of all
We thought that it was over
I even mourned the loss
And I sent my finest soldiers
To closely guard the tomb
For the people feared that thieves would try
His body to exhume
But what is this I hear now
It cannot be a lie
But even my own soldiers said
The stone just rolled aside
And the man named Jesus
Stepped from the tomb he came
No his body is not stolen
He is risen from the grave
[Chorus]
And I saw him living again
I saw the marks in his hands
I saw him look into my eyes
Surely Jesus is ri-isen
I saw him living again
I saw the marks in his hands
I saw him looking in my eyes
Surely Jesus is ri-isen
My name is not important
But by a story you must hear
I've been in Judea
For five long years
I am an Roman soldier
Centurion of strength
And though I've been around the world
I've never seen such things
As I saw in the man Jesus
The carpenter's son
I'd always seem to like
Though we spoke only once
The crowds were getting larger
Everywhere he was heard
I feared there might be trouble
Though something in his words
Gave me a sense of peace
That seemed to ease my mind
As I saw him with the leper
The lame and the blind
And I'm not concerned anymore
With what you might believe
All I can do
Is tell you what I've seen
[Chorus]
I saw him heal them
With the touch of his hand
And I saw him feed five-thousand
Surely he's more than just a man
As surely as I saw him
[Verse 2]
Then they brought him to us
It was a strange thing indeed
They said he spread rebellion
And though we disagreed
To appease them we scourge him
And crowned him with thorns
Oh I've never seen a man
So beaten and so torn
Then Pilate did present him
Behold the man you know
So severely punished
We thought they'd let him go
But the crowd became a demon
I'll never understand
They all cried "Crucify
Crucify him"
[Chorus]
And I saw him dying
I put the nails in his hands
I saw him forgive us one-and-all
Surely this man was the son of God
As surely as I saw him
[Verse 3]
What I must now tell you
Is the strangest thing of all
We thought that it was over
I even mourned the loss
And I sent my finest soldiers
To closely guard the tomb
For the people feared that thieves would try
His body to exhume
But what is this I hear now
It cannot be a lie
But even my own soldiers said
The stone just rolled aside
And the man named Jesus
Stepped from the tomb he came
No his body is not stolen
He is risen from the grave
[Chorus]
And I saw him living again
I saw the marks in his hands
I saw him look into my eyes
Surely Jesus is ri-isen
I saw him living again
I saw the marks in his hands
I saw him looking in my eyes
Surely Jesus is ri-isen
( Terry Talbot )
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