text: Chorale This is by far the most unusually chromatic setting of this chorale tune () found in the Passion, occurring at the high point of intensity at the death of Jesus. This also marks the completion of Bach's gradual emptying out of the key signature in subsequent settings of this tune: No. 15 has four sharps (E major), No. 17 has three flats (E-flat major), No. 44 has two sharps (D major), No. 54 has one flat (D minor), and No. 62 has no accidentals (A minor).
  63. Mt 27:51–59
  63a. Evangelist:
  63b. Chorus I & II:
  63c. Evangelist:
  64–65.  –
  Recitative and Aria (bass)
  66. Mt 27:59–66
  66a. Evangelist:
  66b. Chorus I & II:
  66c. Evangelist, Pilate:
  67.
  Recitative for bass, tenor, alto and soprano, with Chorus II singing .
  68.
  The work is closed by a grand scale chorus in da capo form, choir I and II mostly in unison for the first part  (We sit down in tears), but in dialog in the middle section, choir II repeating "" ("Rest gently, gently rest!"), choir I reflecting: "Your grave and headstone shall, for the anxious conscience, be a comfortable pillow and the resting place for the soul. Highly contented, there the eyes fall asleep." These are the last words (before the recapitulation), marked by Bach himself: p pp ppp (soft, very soft, extremely soft).