Verse 30
What Jesus and the disciples sang was undoubtedly the last part of the Hallel (Psalms 114-18 or 115-18; cf. Mark 14:26; Luke 22:39; John 18:1). The Jews customarily sang this antiphonally with the leader, in this case Jesus, singing the first lines and the other participants responding with "Hallelujah!" What Jesus sang included a commitment to keep His vows (Psalms 116:12-13). Another section of the Hallel referred to Messiah’s appearing (Psalms 118:25-26). It is edifying to read these psalms keeping in mind Jesus singing them in the upper room with His disciples.
"The disciples in the immediacy of the moment could not have begun to realize the significance of what Jesus was saying and doing. This they would first do after the resurrection. But by the time Matthew’s readers read this account, the Eucharist had long since become a fixed component in their worship; hence they read the narrative with fuller understanding." [Note: Hagner, Matthew 14-28, p. 775.]
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