Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.
Parallel translations
- WEB When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- KJV And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
- BSB And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- NKJV And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- NASB And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Quick answer
After singing a hymn they go out to the Mount of Olives. Jesus moves resolutely toward Gethsemane and the cross.
Overview
The hymn was likely part of the Hallel (Psalms 113 to 118), psalms of praise sung at Passover. Jesus sings of God's deliverance on the very night of His betrayal, then leads His disciples toward the place of His agony. His steady purpose shows Him advancing willingly to fulfill His Father's will.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Luke 22:39He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
- Mark 14:26–31When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Matt 21:1When they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
- Eph 5:19–20speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- John 18:1–4When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
- Luke 21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
- Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
- John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- Ps 81:1–4For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
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