The cantate was most likely performed for the first time on 27 September, the 16th Sunday after Trinity, 1716 at the Schlosskirche in Weimar. The text originated from the Kantatenjahrgang [yearly cantata cycle], "Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer" [Evangelical Devotional Offering] by the secretary of the Weimar high conistory, Salomon Franck. The sermon text for the 16th Sunday after Trinity, the raising of the boy from the dead at Nain [Luke 7: 11-14], is only indirectly reflected in Franck's cantata text. In a prevalent interpretation from that period of this biblical text, the raising of the dead is seen as an allegory for the resurrection of the faithful.
| Genres | Choral |
| Format | Score |
| NumberOfPages | 4 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Carus Verlag |
| Contributors | Sebastian Bach, Johann(Composer) Wolf, Uwe(Artist) |
| Language | English, German |
| ISMN | 9790007113070 |