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Easter Bible Stories
Easter week holds the most important days in history. These stories walk through them: Jesus riding into Jerusalem, healing a servant’s ear in the garden, forgiving a dying thief, and walking out of the grave.
Read them in order during Holy Week, or any time you need to remember that death doesn’t get the last word.
“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”
Matthew 28:6 (KJV)- Thy King ComethZechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:1–11 · Book 6, Day 26
About five hundred years before Jesus, the prophet Zechariah wrote a strange picture of Israel’s king. He would come to Jerusalem, righteous and…
- One Last HealingLuke 22:39–53; John 18:1–11 · Book 3, Day 17
It was late at night in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus had just finished praying so intensely that His sweat fell like drops of blood. Then the crowd…
- That Just ManMatthew 27:11–26 · Book 4, Day 27
Jesus stood before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. The chief priests accused Him of many things, but Jesus said nothing. Pilate was amazed. Pilate…
- Remember MeLuke 23:32–43 · Book 3, Day 11
When Jesus was crucified, He was not alone on the hill. Two criminals were crucified with Him, one on His right and one on His left. The crowd mocked…
- Behold Thy MotherJohn 19:25–27 · Book 7, Day 27
Jesus hung on the cross. He had been beaten, mocked, and nailed there. Every breath was agony. A few people who loved Him stood nearby. One of them was…
- As He SaidLuke 24:1–12 · Book 6, Day 28
Early on the first day of the week, a group of women came to Jesus’ tomb carrying spices they had prepared. Their Lord was dead, and they had come to…
- Called by NameJohn 20:1–18 · Book 1, Day 25
Mary Magdalene had once been tormented by seven demons until Jesus set her free. From then on, she followed Him. She was there at the cross when most…
- Did Not Our Heart Burn?Luke 24:13–35 · Book 4, Day 6
On the Sunday after Jesus was crucified, two of His followers were walking from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles away. They were…
- My Lord and My GodJohn 20:19–31 · Book 3, Day 29
On the evening of the first Easter Sunday, the disciples were gathered behind locked doors, afraid. Suddenly Jesus stood among them. “Peace be unto…
- Breakfast by the FireJohn 18:15–27; 21:1–19 · Book 3, Day 1
On the night Jesus was arrested, Peter followed at a distance and ended up warming his hands at a charcoal fire in the high priest’s courtyard. Three…
- This Same JesusActs 1:1–11 · Book 6, Day 29
For forty days after His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples and spoke with them about the kingdom of God. Then, on the Mount of Olives, He…
- A New CommandmentJohn 13:1–17, 34–35 · Book 8, Day 25
It was Jesus’ last night with His disciples before the cross. “Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.” During…
- He Is RisenMatthew 28:1–10 · Book 8, Day 26
Early on Sunday morning, as dawn was breaking, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary walked to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. They expected to find…
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