Johann Sebastian Bach (age 61) in a portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (Image via Wikipedia)

Romans 8:26-27 [German] – Movement 1 of 3 is this scripture text

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

²⁷ And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (1729), a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composed for the funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti

Performed by Bach-Kantorei Appenzeller Mittelland, Ensemble la fontaine

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Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 226 (Motet for two four-part mixed choirs). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Konrad Ameln. For double SATB choir. This edition: Stapled, Urtext edition. Chor-Archiv. Auch Chorpartitur zur Ausgabe mit Instrumenten (BA 5130). Language: German, Text Language: German/English. BWV 226. 16 pages. Duration 9’30”. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA5131).

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Deutsch: “Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf” komponiert von Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) zur Beerdigung des Rektors der Thomasschule, Johann Heinrich Ernesti, am 20. Oktober 1729 Lizenz: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)