A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
a musical setting of one of the Gospel accounts of the Crucifixion. Originally presented on Palm Sunday and during the Holy week in Gregorian chant as part of the Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, by the thirteenth century the parts were divided among three singers with the congregation acting as the crowd. From the fifteenth century, some or all of the parts other than the words of Christ were set in polyphony. In the sixteenth century, the entire Passion text was sometimes set as a single polyphonic motet. The Passion became especially prominent in the Luthern Liturgy, beginning in the sixteenth century. In the seventeenth century, German composers began expanding Passion settings through the introduction of supplementary texts, chorales, and instrumental interludes. [MLD; GJC
Extended setting of the Crucifixion story from one of the Gospels, of which the most noted examples are Bach's St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion. There are solos for the chief characters (the evangelist, Christ, Peter, Pontius Pilate), arias, choruses for the crowd (or turba), large opening and closing movements, and chorales.
A musical setting of the story of the events leading to the Crucifixion.
the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion
a musical score that describes the last day's of Jesus' life, including his arrest, trial and crucifixion
an intricate circular story of one broken marriage being cyclically reenacted
The sufferings of Christ, especially in the agony of the garden and on the cross
The sufferings of Christ from the time of the Last Supper to His Crucifixion.
Account of the suffering and death of Jesus.
(1) A term used to describe the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. (2) Holy Week is often called Passion Week, describing Christ's struggle and suffering in Jerusalem. (3) Passions are human appetites or urges—such as hunger, the desire for pleasure and sexual drives—which become a source of sin when not controlled or directed by submission to the will of God (Rom. 1:26; 7:5; Gal. 5:24; Col. 3:5).
A long, oratorio-like composition telling the story of Jesus's last days, according to one of the New Testament Gospels.
a music composition which retells the story of Christ's passion, leading from the Last Supper through his crucifixion and death on the cross.
This term describes the events which took place during the last days of Jesus' earthly life. Among those events are Betrayal by Judas, the Last Supper, Peter's Denial, Flagellation, Crucifixion, and Entombment. Return to Theme