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40 Best Easter Bible Verses That Will Remind You of the Holiday's True Meaning

These religious Easter messages honor Jesus's life, death, and resurrection.

By Ni'Kesia Pannell and Ysolt Usigan
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Easter is one of the most important holidays for Christians. As one of the main tenets of the Christian faith, Easter honors the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion. According to the Easter Bible verse Luke 24:6-7, “He has risen!” In celebrating Christ’s resurrection (or in other words, “bringing Jesus back to life,”) this also marks what Christians believe as Christ’s victory over death. It’s said that when he is resurrected, eternal life is also given to Christians who follow him. Easter is a time for Christians to be reminded of Jesus’ great sacrifice. His sacrifice was to be crucified for the sins of the world, and ultimately his death. This is also why Christians give something up for Lent and make their own sacrifices.

If you're not a devout Christian, to you, the holiday may be about Easter egg hunts, cooking and eating Easter food, making Easter crafts, or even the Easter Bunny. If you're looking to deepen your faith this spring or learn more about the Easter story, reading these best Easter Bible verses is a good place to start. Through each Easter Bible quote, you'll learn more about the meaning behind the holiday. These religious passages may also help you with a little personal reflection and inspiration — practicing Christian or not.

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1 Corinthians 15:21

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"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man."

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John 20:17-18

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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.

3

1 Corinthians 6:14

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"And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power."

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John 19:5-6

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"When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, 'Here is the man!' As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, 'Crucify! Crucify!' But Pilate answered, 'You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.'"

5

Psalm 118:25-26

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“Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.”

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1 Peter 2:24

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“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

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Acts 4:12

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“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

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Romans 6:4

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

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Luke 24:2-3

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“They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.”

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1 Corinthians 15:3-8

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“I passed on to you as most important what I also received: Christ died for our sins in line with the scriptures, he was buried, and he rose on the third day in line with the scriptures. He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve, and then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at once — most of them are still alive to this day, though some have died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me, as if I were born at the wrong time.”

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Matthew 27:65-66

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“Pilate replied, ‘You have soldiers for guard duty. Go and make it as secure as you know how.’ Then they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.”

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Ephesians 1:20

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“God’s power was at work in Christ when God raised him from the dead and sat him at God’s right side in the heavens.”

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Philippians 2:8

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“He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”

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John 14:6

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“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

15

Revelation 1:17-18

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“When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he put his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m the first and the last, and the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I’m alive forever and always. I have the keys of Death and the Grave.”

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Romans 10:9

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“Because if you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

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Mark 8:31

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“Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: ‘The Human One must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts, and be killed, and then, after three days, rise from the dead.’”

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Mark 15:29-32

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“People walking by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, ‘Ha! So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you? Save yourself and come down from that cross!’”

“In the same way, the chief priests were making fun of him among themselves, together with the legal experts. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can’t save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross. Then we’ll see and believe.’ Even those who had been crucified with Jesus insulted him.”

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Acts 3:15

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“You killed the author of life, the very one whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.”

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Acts 4:33

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“The apostles continued to bear powerful witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and an abundance of grace was at work among them all.”

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Ni'Kesia Pannell
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Ni'Kesia Pannell is an entrepreneur, multi-hyphenate freelance writer, and self-proclaimed Slurpee connoisseur that covers news and culture for The Kitchn. She's the former Weekend Editor for Delish who also writes about faith, health and wellness, travel, beauty, lifestyle, and music for a range of additional outlets.

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Ysolt Usigan is a lifestyle writer and editor with 15+ years of experience working in digital media. She has created share-worthy content for publishers Shape, What To Expect, Cafe Mom, TODAY, CBS News, HuffPo, The Bump, Health, Ask Men, and Best Gifts. A working mom of two, her editorial expertise in parenting, shopping, and home are rooted in her everyday life. 

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