ns , ▁which ▁were ▁often ▁called ▁ch or ales , ▁and ▁a rias . ▁He ▁used ▁Martin ▁Luther ' s ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁with ▁only ▁slight ▁modifications . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁for ▁the ▁opening ▁prayer , ▁" H err , ▁un ser ▁Herr scher , ▁dessen ▁Ru hm ", ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁a rias , ▁ch or ales ▁and ▁the ▁pen ult imate ▁ch orus ▁" R u ht ▁wohl , ▁ihr ▁he il igen ▁Geb e ine ", ▁come ▁from ▁various ▁other ▁sources . ▁ ▁Two ▁rec itative ▁pass ages , ▁the ▁first ▁dealing ▁with ▁Peter ' s ▁we eping ▁after ▁his ▁bet ray al ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁port ray ing ▁the ▁temple ▁ve il ' s ▁ri pping ▁during ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion , ▁do ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁John , ▁but ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Matthew . ▁ ▁A ▁modern ▁example ▁origin ating ▁in ▁Commun ist ▁Hung ary ▁demonstr ates ▁the ▁con greg ational ▁character ▁of ▁St ▁John ▁Pass ion . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁mus icians ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁play ▁church ▁music ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁frame ▁of ▁lit ur gy . ▁However , ▁the ▁St ▁John ▁Pass ion ▁is ▁an ▁almost ▁complete ▁Luther an ▁lit ur gy , ▁ ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁Evangel ium . ▁Hence , ▁by ▁inserting ▁four ▁missing ▁features , ▁the ▁whole ▁Pass ion ▁could ▁be ▁performed ▁ ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁lit ur gy . ▁( 1 ) ▁Each ▁year