Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John” is a well known Prayer (also called Black Paternoster) and nursery rhyme, originally sung as a gospel.
The lyrics are usually repeated by kids before they go to sleep.
The “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John” rhyme was first published as a charm or blessing in 1656, England, by Thomas John Ady in his book “Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches & Witchcraft”
“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
The bed be blest that I lie on.”
The origins of this prayer can be traced back to Babylonia’s ancient times in a prayer. It has a Jewish equivalent that was rediscovered in medieval times and said as a blessing prayer before sleep: “In the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, may Michael be at my right hand; Gabriel at my left; Uriel before me; Raphael behind me and the Shekhinah of God be above my head”
The lyrics are usually repeated by kids before they go to sleep.
The “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John” rhyme was first published as a charm or blessing in 1656, England, by Thomas John Ady in his book “Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches & Witchcraft”
“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
The bed be blest that I lie on.”
The origins of this prayer can be traced back to Babylonia’s ancient times in a prayer. It has a Jewish equivalent that was rediscovered in medieval times and said as a blessing prayer before sleep: “In the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, may Michael be at my right hand; Gabriel at my left; Uriel before me; Raphael behind me and the Shekhinah of God be above my head”
“Matthew, Mark, Luke and John” Lyrics
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I lie on.
Four corners to my bed,
Four angels round my head;
One to watch and one to pray
And two to bear my soul away
Bless the bed that I lie on.
Four corners to my bed,
Four angels round my head;
One to watch and one to pray
And two to bear my soul away