Easter

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. — read the full passage →

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; — read the full passage →

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. — read the full passage →

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? — read the full passage →

Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. — read the full passage →

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. — read the full passage →

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: — read the full passage →

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. — read the full passage →

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord. — read the full passage →

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. — read the full passage →

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. — read the full passage →

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. — read the full passage →

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, — read the full passage →

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: — read the full passage →

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. — read the full passage →

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. — read the full passage →

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: — read the full passage →

Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: — read the full passage →

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: — read the full passage →

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, — read the full passage →

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. — read the full passage →

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →