Easter

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. — read the full passage →

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

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, — read the full passage →

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

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. — read the full passage →

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

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

who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. — read the full passage →

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed. — read the full passage →

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. — read the full passage →

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; — read the full passage →

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

An oracle. Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh; — read the full passage →

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.” — read the full passage →

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body. — read the full passage →

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. — read the full passage →

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. — read the full passage →

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. — read the full passage →

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.” — read the full passage →

Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, — read the full passage →

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. — read the full passage →

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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

Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. — read the full passage →

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last, — read the full passage →

saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to 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 the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place. — read the full passage →

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.

Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man — read the full passage →

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, — read the full passage →

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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

Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the man!” — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. — read the full passage →

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as foreigners in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

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

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

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