Sang a hymn (υμνησαντες). The Hallel, part of Ps 115-118. But apparently they did not go out at once to the Garden of Geths…

And when they had sung an hymn. The Passover was observed by the Jews by singing, or chanting, the 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 11…

And when they had sung a hymn—This conclusion to the supper seems to coincide (though harmonizing the Gospel accounts at this poin…

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. An…

Origen of Alexandria: When the disciples had eaten the bread of blessing and drunk from the cup of thanksgiving, the Lord ins…

The “hymn” normally sung was the last part of the Hallel (Pss 114–18 or 115–18). It was sung antiphonally: Jesus as the leader would sing the lines…

And when they had sung an hymn
The "Hallell", which the Jews were obliged to sing on the night of the passover; for …

This ordinance of the Lord's supper is to us the Passover supper, by which we commemorate a much greater deliverance than that of Israel out of Egy…

After the institution of the new Sacrament has been related, Christ here foretells the future stumbling of the disciples. The Evangelist, first, es…