2. Das hat er alles uns getan

German text	English translation
Das hat er alles uns getan,	He has done all this for us,
Sein groß Lieb zu zeigen an.	to show His great love,
Des freu sich alle Christenheit	All Christianity rejoices over this
Und dank ihm des in Ewigkeit.	and thanks Him in eternity.
Kyrieleis!	Kyrieleis!
(“Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ,” verse 7)

About the text

Author: Anonymous
“Based on a text with the same opening, and for the same occasion, by Johann Knauer” (Dürr 2005, 123).
Text references: last verse of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ by Martin Luther (1524) (verbatim)
Scripture readings for the day: Hebrews 1:1–1:14; John 1:1–1:14; 1 John 1:1–1:10; John 21:20–21:4

Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/3.1, p. 118
Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 121
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