Editing Hallel (section)

==New Testament==
The [[New Testament]] accounts of the [[Last Supper]] state that [[Jesus]] and his [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] "sang a psalm" or "hymn" after the meal before leaving for the [[Mount of Olives]] ({{bibleverse||Matthew|26:30|NKJV}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|14:26|NKJV}}), which may have been the Hallel. The Last Supper is popularly considered to have been a celebration of the Passover,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianfocus.com/products/2714/anthems-for-a-dying-lamb|title=Anthems for a Dying Lamb|first=Philip S.|last=Ross|website=Christian Focus|pages=5–10|access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920160906/https://www.christianfocus.com/products/2714/anthems-for-a-dying-lamb|url-status=live}}</ref> although this is controversial among scholars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Klawans|first=Jonathan|date=April 7, 2020|title=Was Jesus' Last Supper a Seder|url=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/was-jesus-last-supper-a-seder/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211033936/https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/was-jesus-last-supper-a-seder/|archive-date=February 11, 2021|access-date=February 5, 2021|website=Biblical Archeology Society}}</ref>  Jesus, like any other literate Jew in the first century, may well have known how to chant the Psalms in Hebrew, especially the famous Hallel psalms which were an integral part of the Passover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesacredpage.com:80/2009/04/what-did-jesus-sing-at-last-supper.html|title=What Did Jesus Sing at the Last Supper?|first=Brant|last=Pitre|date=April 9, 2009|publisher=thesacredpage.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716154120/http://www.thesacredpage.com/2009/04/what-did-jesus-sing-at-last-supper.html|archive-date=2019-07-16|access-date=2021-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref>