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“And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives” (Matthew 26:30).
The Lord Jesus had just finished eating the Passover with His disciples, and He knew very well that He was to be the true Passover. The Passover looked on to the Lord Jesus, for only His precious blood could really cleanse from all sin, and allow God to “pass over” those who were protected by that blood.
But then we read that after keeping the Passover, the Lord Jesus and His disciples sung a hymn together. How could they do this? We know that the disciples did not really understand completely what was going to happen, but the Lord Jesus certainly knew. How could He sing under those circumstances?
The Lord Jesus could sing because He looked beyond the cross, and could see the wonderful effects of His finished work there. He knew that not only would we be able to be saved, but that it would glorify God His Father as to sin, so that eventually all sin would be removed from this whole universe. What a mighty work that was! Yes, there was awful suffering ahead of the Lord Jesus, but He could sing when He looked ahead to the result of it. He knew that it was worth it!
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