The Story of Easter

 
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The Easter Story

 

I    The Last Supper

II   Jesus Prays in

     Gethsemane

III  Jesus is Betrayed &

     Arrested

IV  Jesus is Crucified

V   Jesus is Buried

VI  Jesus Rose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"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"    John 3:16    

VI:  Jesus Rose

At the end of the Sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week,  Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome had bought sweet spices so that they might come and anoint Jesus.  Very early in the morning on the first day of the week they came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.   They asked among themselves, "who shall roll away the stone from the door for us?"  When they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away.  Entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment.  They were afraid.  He said to them:

     "Be not afraid.  You seek Jesus of Nazareth which was crucified.  He is

      risen.  He is not here.  Behold the place where they laid Him.  Go your way,

     tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee.  There shall

     you see him as He told you."

Jesus rose early the first day of the week and appeared first to Mary Magdalene.  She went told Peter and His disciples that they had taken Jesus out of the sepulchre.  They did not know where they had laid Him.  Peter and the disciples ran to the sepulchre.  Peter who arrived first, stooped down, looked in the sepulchre, saw the linen clothes and the napkin that covered Jesus' head.  The disciples left. 

Mary stayed.  While she was weeping and talking with two angels, Jesus appeared and asked her why she was weeping.  Initially, she did not recognize Him until he called her name.  Jesus told her not to touch Him because He had not ascended to his Father.  She ran and told the disciples that she had seen the Jesus and what He had said.

That same day in the evening, Jesus appeared to the disciples and showed them His hands and His side.  He said unto them:

   "All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth."

    "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that

    believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be

    damned."

    "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall  they cast

    out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents;

    and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands

    on the sick, and they shall recover."

After Jesus had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God.  The disciples went forth, preaching everywhere, the Lord was working with them and they confirmed the word with signs.