50 Best Easter Bible Verses To Share With Loved Ones This Season
When you think about Easter, images of bunnies, baskets, and chocolate may come to mind. However, despite the fact that Easter is heavily commercialized in stores and society in general, its origins are biblical, since it commemorates Jesus' resurrection from the dead and victory over sin and death!
Are you prepared to go into the biblical context of Easter? Continue reading for 50 Easter Bible verses.
The Christian faith is founded on Christ's crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Through His sacrifice, Jesus was sent by God into the world to die for the sins of those who believe and to give salvation via His sacrifice.
As a result, Easter is one of the most joyous church holidays, as Christians shout, “He has risen!” and are reminded of God's victorious love and strength.
Numerous scriptures emphasize this incredible event and celebration, prophecies from the Old Testament, descriptions of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection in all four gospels, and details throughout the rest of the New Testament about what Christ's sacrifice means for those who believe and how Christians are called to live as a result of this sacrifice and the continuing grace offered by God.
Take time to read through these verses as you anticipate Easter Sunday!
Easter Bible Verses for Children
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:6: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Thessalonians 4:14: “For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”
Mark 16:1-4: “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, ‘Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?' But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.”
Revelation 1:17b-18a: “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and Last. I am the living one. I died, but look–I am alive forever and ever!”
John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.” — Luke 24:1-4
Matthew 28:5-6: “The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”
Romans 10:9: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
John 20:17-18: “Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: ‘I have seen the Lord!' And she told them that he had said these things to her.”
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Easter Story Bible Verses
Luke 24:2-3: They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Mark 16:5-7: “As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. ‘Don't be alarmed,' he said. ‘You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, “He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.”
1 Corinthians 15:3-8: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance. Or you at the first: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas. That is, Peter and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.”
Luke 23:46-47: “Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last. The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, ‘Surely this was a righteous man.'”
Acts 4:33: “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all.”
2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Mark 15:46-47: So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
Colossians 1:13-14: “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
Acts 4:33: “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all.”
Ephesians 1:20: “He exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.”
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Bible Verses About Resurrection
John 11:25: “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Philippians 3:10: “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.
1 Peter 1:3: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
Philippians 3:10: “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.”
Acts 4:33: “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all.”
Philippians 2:8: “And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!”
Romans 6:8-11:”The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:34: “Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”
Luke 24:6-7: “Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.”
1 Corinthians 15:21: “For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.”
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Short Easter Bible Verses
Luke 24:6: “He is not here; he has risen!”
Romans 8:34: “Who then is the one who condemns? No one.”
Acts 3:15: “You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.”
1 Corinthians 6:14: “And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.”
Romans 6:9: “We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.”
John 14:6: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 2:19: “Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
1 Corinthians 15:17: “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.”
1 Corinthians 6:14: “And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.”
Romans 5:8: “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Bible Verses About the Cross
Hebrews 12:2: “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.”
Hebrews 12:2: “For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:18: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
Luke 9:23: “Then he said to them all: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
Romans 6:5-6: “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.”
Philippians 2:8 : “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Mark 15:32: “‘Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.' Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.”
Romans 5:11: “More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”
Matthew 20:18-19: “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”
Isaiah 53:5: “But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.”
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