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Mat 26:30. Ὑμνήσαντες, having sung a hymn or hymns) sc. they either sang or recited[1140] Psalms 113, 114, 115, 118, 136 in which the mystery of Redemption is notably expressed. The hymn also contained the words which are quoted in ch. Mat 21:9; Mat 21:42. Our Lord is frequently said to have prayed while on earth; never to have sung.
[1140] After the recital of the hymn, and not previously, followed those things which John records in his chapters 15, 16, 17; for the hymn is closely connected with the Passover supper; and such is the formula of connection, Joh 18:1, that the prayers of Jesus, John 17, cannot be separated from His departure out of the city by the hymn. We may, not without good reason, suppose that the hymn was recited whilst they were yet in the supper room; but that the words of Jesus, in chapters 15 and 16 of John, and also the prayers, ch. 17, were spoken in the open air (Mat 26:1, “Jesus lifted up His eyes to heaven”), in the court of the house where He had supped, and within the city.-Harm., p. 522.