Not long ago, thanks to Alex, I joined the virtual workshop presented by David Chin, a Malaysian, who is a conductor, on St. Matthew's Passion by Bach. It's a great introductory into this fantastic work of Bach. Good thing I recorded it, as it's been since taken down due to his request for copyright. I don't have a good memory so I cannot abide by this copyright nonsense especially when it was a great presentation!
Bach was indeed a great theologian, a product Luther's Reformation.
This prompted my interest to look further into the piece:
I want to find a Youtube recording of the work with subtitles: English & German, with the hope of learning not just to sing, but German as well. But since I cannot find one, this is the best I can go with, below is the German subtitled version (I don't care to discern different conductors at this point like Alex, don't think I ever will):
And the Interlinear translation between German and English, this is the one I could find at this time:
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV244-Eng3.htm
This is a project that needs to expand.