Easter Verses

One of the holiest festivals among the Christians, Easter is celebrated across the globe with great fun and fervor. Marking the arrival of spring, people start preparing for the day much in advance. Special church services are organized across various countries over the entire Easter season. Though the traditions differ from place to place, depending on region, culture and lifestyle, the thoughts and values for Lord Jesus Christ remain the same. The holy occasion is welcomed with the same feel, gusto and enthusiasm. Various verses from the Bible are read out in the church services specific to the occasion. In this article, we have compiled some popular Bible verses pertaining to Easter.

Bible Verses On Easter

For-telling of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. - Isaiah 26:19

And as for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no more to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.' Therefore He also says in another [Psalm], 'Thou wilt not allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay.'
- Acts 13:34-35

Jesus Foretold his own Resurrection
"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, and will deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up."
- Matthew 20:18-19

And as they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.
- Mark 9:9

"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
- John 10:17-18

The Resurrection
And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him."
- Mark 16:6

The Importance of the Resurrection - Eternal Life
And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- 1 John 2:25

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him."
- John 3:16-17

For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.
- 1 Corinthians 15:16-20