40 Short Easter Bible Verses 2024

Easter is a season of joy and hope, but it is also a reminder of God's love. In between the fun springtime activities like decorating Easter eggs, preparing a delicious Easter dinner, and searching for the best Easter basket ideas, spend time reflecting on the sacrifice Jesus made. Beginning with Ash Wednesday and the entire Lenten season, read these Easter Bible verses and spend time reflecting on their meaning.

Incorporate short Easter Bible verses into the Easter prayers at mealtime so the whole family can participate. Use one as a sincere Easter caption for Instagram when you share that snap of your children dressed in their Sunday best. "He is risen!" is a simple way to capture Easter joy! Or jot Easter messages in cards to send to loved ones. Study the entire story of Easter in the Bible throughout Lent, or read on for Easter Bible verses that will help guide you through this holy time of year. You'll be ready to celebrate on Easter Sunday.

Bible Verses About Resurrection

• John 11:25-26: "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?'"
• 1 Peter 1:3: "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
• 1 Corinthians 15:21: "For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man."
• Philippians 3:10: "I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death."
• Acts 4:33: "With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all."
• Luke 24:6-7: "He is not here; he has risen!"
• Romans 8:34: "Who then is the one who condemns? No one."
• Philippians 2:8: "And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!"
• 1 Corinthians 6:14: "And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power."
• Romans 6:9: "We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him."
• Romans 8:34: "Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."
• Romans 6:8-11:"The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. "
• Luke 24:6-7: "Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"
  
• Romans 6:8-11: "Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him."
• Acts 3:15: "You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead."

Easter Bible Verses for Children

• John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
• Romans 10:9: "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
• Matthew 28:5-6: "The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.'"
• John 11:25: "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
• Revelation 1:17b-18a: "Don’t be afraid! I am the First and Last. I am the living one. I died, but look–I am alive forever and ever!"
• Mark 16:1-4: "When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?' But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away."
• John 14:6: "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"
• Thessalonians 4:14: "For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him."