Bible Verses About Easter
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for easter, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,783 votes, led by 1 Peter 1:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Easter
1 Peter 1:3372 votes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Luke 24:1-12297 votes
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Mark 16:1-8202 votes
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Matthew 28:1-10192 votes
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
John 11:25-26176 votes
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 20:1-18175 votes
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
1 Corinthians 15:3-8172 votes
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
Acts 12:4162 votes
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
John 3:16161 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Luke 24:6-7123 votes
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Romans 5:8109 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Mark 16:692 votes
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Matthew 20:18-1990 votes
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
Romans 10:982 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 10:34-4381 votes
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Romans 6:479 votes
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Zechariah 9:977 votes
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
1 Peter 2:2477 votes
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Matthew 28:5-676 votes
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Acts 3:1572 votes
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Mark 8:3171 votes
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Acts 4:3371 votes
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Matthew 28:1-2070 votes
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Romans 1:470 votes
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Luke 23:4668 votes
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
What does the Bible say about easter?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 1:3 on the subject of easter. Across 6,783 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 24:1-12, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:1-10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.