Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, [kjv]
και απο ιησου χριστου ο μαρτυς ο πιστος ο πρωτοτοκος των νεκρων και ο αρχων των βασιλεων της γης τω αγαπωντι ημας και λυσαντι ημας εκ των αμαρτιων ημων εν τω αιματι αυτου [gnt]
In Ohio in 1878, Elsha Hoffman, a Presbyterian minister from Union Seminary Pennsylvania, wrote "
Are you washed in the blood of the lamb". The song became a marching song for the Salvation Army.