This hymn is a full-throated celebration of being washed from one’s sins and fully redeemed in Jesus Christ.

By the way, the word John uses to describe the scene regarding the stone is ηρμενον,

which is from the root, αἴρω, for which Strong’s gives, as definition, the following:

a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind),

specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 5375) to expiate sin:--away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose,

make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).

Many of my hymns can be found at https://www.musescore.com/billsey

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