In October of 1988, Bob Dylan played four nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York, sometimes known as the “media capital of the world.” It was some seven years since he had released what’s known as his final gospel record (Shot of Love). The absence of any new “Jesus material” had been commonly interpreted by countless speculators to mean — well, we know what. (I would like this to be a short post.) Anyway, on all four nights in New York City, Dylan played the song In the Garden, from his 1980 album Saved. And each night, he introduced it with only small variations of the following statement (these exact words are from the October 17th show):

“You know this Amnesty Tour is going on [That was a tour undertaken by various rock and pop luminaries in support of Amnesty International -ed] and I was very honored last year they chose a Bob Dylan song to be their theme song — ‘I Shall Be Released’ that was. This year they surprised me again by doing another Bob Dylan song as their theme song — they used ‘Chimes of Freedom.’ Next year, the Amnesty Tour, I think they’re going to use ‘Jokerman.’

Anyway, I’m trying to get them to change their mind. I’m trying to get them to use this one.”

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When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
Did they know He was the Son of God, did they know that He was Lord?
Did they hear when He told Peter, “Peter, put up your sword”?
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?
When they came for Him in the garden, did they know?

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