▁har ps ich ord ▁needed ▁some ▁repair , ▁all ▁of ▁which , ▁however , ▁could ▁be ▁attended ▁to ▁at ▁little ▁cost ; ▁but ▁he ▁requested ▁that ▁a ▁little ▁additional ▁room ▁be ▁provided ▁in ▁the ▁cho ir ▁lo ft ▁of ▁St . ▁Nicholas ▁Church , ▁where ▁he ▁planned ▁to ▁place ▁the ▁mus icians ▁needed ▁to ▁perform ▁the ▁music . ▁He ▁also ▁asked ▁that ▁the ▁har ps ich ord ▁be ▁rep a ired . ▁The ▁council ▁agreed ▁and ▁sent ▁a ▁fly er ▁announ cing ▁the ▁new ▁location ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁people ▁around ▁Leipzig . ▁The ▁council ▁made ▁the ▁arrang ements ▁requested ▁by ▁Bach ▁regarding ▁the ▁har ps ich ord ▁and ▁space ▁needed ▁for ▁the ▁cho ir . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁and ▁sources ▁▁ ▁Bach ▁followed ▁chap ters ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 ▁of ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁John ▁in ▁the ▁Luther ▁Bible , ▁and ▁the ▁ten or ▁Evangel ist ▁follows ▁exactly ▁the ▁words ▁of ▁that ▁b ible . ▁The ▁compiler ▁of ▁the ▁additional ▁poetry ▁is ▁unknown . ▁Mod els ▁are ▁the ▁Bro ck es ▁Pass ion ▁and ▁a ▁Johannes - Pass ion ▁by ▁Christian ▁Heinrich ▁Post el . ▁The ▁first ▁scene ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁Kid ron ▁Valley , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁palace ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁priest ▁K ai phas . ▁Part ▁Two ▁shows ▁three ▁scenes , ▁one ▁with ▁Pont ius ▁Pil ate , ▁one ▁at ▁Gol g ath a , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁finally ▁at ▁the ▁bur ial ▁site . ▁The ▁dram atic ▁argument ▁between ▁Pil ate , ▁Jesus , ▁and ▁the