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Easter Bible Verses

Easter is the center of the Christian faith. These Easter Bible verses follow the week that changed history, in the order it happened. Crowds wave palm branches as Jesus rides into Jerusalem. At the Last Supper he breaks bread with his friends. On the cross he forgives the people who crucified him and cries, “It is finished.” Then, early on the first day of the week, women find the stone rolled away and hear the angel’s words: “He is not here: for he is risen.” The later verses explain what the resurrection means: sin forgiven, death defeated, and a living hope for everyone who trusts in Christ. Read them during Holy Week, on Good Friday or on Easter morning. Share one in a card or message, or watch the animated Easter story with your children. Whatever this season holds for you, these words carry the same good news: Christ is risen indeed.

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those 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!”

Matthew 21:9 WEB

they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”

John 12:13 WEB

He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

Luke 22:19 WEB

Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Luke 22:20 WEB

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.

Isaiah 53:5 WEB

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6 WEB

For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:45 WEB

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

Luke 23:34 WEB

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Luke 23:43 WEB

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

Luke 23:46 WEB

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

John 19:30 WEB

Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

Matthew 27:54 WEB

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 WEB

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

Romans 5:8 WEB

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

1 Peter 2:24 WEB

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

John 3:16 WEB

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

Matthew 28:5 WEB

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

Matthew 28:6 WEB

Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”

Matthew 28:7 WEB

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

Mark 16:6 WEB

Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

Luke 24:5 WEB

He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

Luke 24:6 WEB

saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

Luke 24:34 WEB

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

John 20:16 WEB

Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”

John 20:27 WEB

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

John 20:29 WEB

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

John 11:25 WEB

Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:26 WEB

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

John 14:19 WEB

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

Acts 2:24 WEB

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

Romans 6:4 WEB

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

Romans 6:9 WEB

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.

Romans 8:11 WEB

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

1 Corinthians 15:3 WEB

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4 WEB

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

1 Corinthians 15:20 WEB

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

1 Corinthians 15:55 WEB

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57 WEB

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

2 Corinthians 5:17 WEB

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Galatians 2:20 WEB

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

Philippians 3:10 WEB

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

Colossians 3:1 WEB

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

1 Peter 1:3 WEB

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2 WEB

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Revelation 1:18 WEB

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Frequently asked questions

What is the main Bible verse for Easter?

Matthew 28:6 is often read on Easter morning: “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.” John 11:25, “I am the resurrection, and the life,” and 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 are also central Easter verses.

Where is the Easter story in the Bible?

All four Gospels tell it: Matthew 21–28, Mark 11–16, Luke 19–24 and John 12–20. 1 Corinthians 15 explains the meaning of the resurrection.

What Bible verse is good for Good Friday?

Isaiah 53:5, Romans 5:8 and John 19:30, “It is finished,” are often read on Good Friday. Luke 23:34, where Jesus prays “Father, forgive them,” is another.

Why is Easter on a different date every year?

Western churches celebrate Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox, so it falls between March 22 and April 25. The Bible ties Jesus’ death and resurrection to the Passover, which also follows the moon.

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