The first stanza is the "exordium", where the composer explains his purpose. "exordium", "narratio, divisio, confutatio", and "conclusio". Later 16th-century passions included choral ""exordium"" (introduction) and ""conclusio"" sections with additional texts. In the "exordium", the orator lays out the purpose of the discourse. The manuscript also has a different exordium for the beginning of "Ekev". After Forever covered the song and released it on "Exordium" (2003). In 2003, the new line-up of After Forever released the EP and DVD "Exordium". The Exordium is followed by the "Eulogy on Abraham". Exordium is a 2003 EP album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever.