1. Easter By Life of the Bible ©

2. is Easter about eggs? What is Easter about? NO! Its about when Jesus died!

3. THE LORDS SUPPER AFTER JUDAS,THE TRAITOR,LEFT,JESUS PICKED UP A PIECE OF BREAD.HE THANKED GOD FOR IT AND THEN SAID “THIS IS MY BODY.I AM GOING TO BE BROKEN,LIKE THIS BREAD-TO DIE.AND I WILL BE DIEING FOR YOU!”THEN JESUS PICKED UP A CUP OF WINE.“DRINK IT,EACH ONE OF YOU ,FOR IT IS MY BLOOD WHICH WILL BE SHED TO PAY THE PRICE OF YOUR SINS.AFTER I’M GONE,DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.”SAID JESUS. WHEN THE MEAL WAS OVER JESUS SAID,“IN A LITTLE WHILE I MUST LEAVE YOU.YOU CANNOT FOLLOW ME ,BUT BEFORE I GO,LET ME REMIND YOU :LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.”“LORD,WHY CAN’T I FOLLOW YOU?YOU KNOW I’D GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU.”PETER ASKED.“PETER,BEFORE THE COCK CROWS AT DAWN,YOU WILL SAY THREE TIMES THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.” “NEVER MY LORD,”SAID PETER. THE DISCIPLES WERE FRIGHTENED AT THE THOUGHT OF JESUS LEAVING THEM.“DO NOT BE AFRAID.BELIEVE IN GOD;BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.IF YOU LOVE ME ,KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.AND I WILL ASK GOD TO SEND YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COMFORT YOU.HE WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER.COME,IT IS TIME TO GO.”SAID JESUS. LUKE 22:17-20; JOHN 13:33-38; MATTHEW 26:30, 36-56

4. SADNESS JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES WENT TO THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. AT THE ENTRANCE JESUS ASKED EIGHT OF THE DISCIPLES TO WAIT WHILE HE TAKES HIS CLOSEST DISCIPLES,PETER,JAMES,JOHN FARTHER INTO THE GARDON.“THIS IS A SAD NIGHT FOR ME-STAY HERE WHILE I GO ALONE TO PRAY.”SAID JESUS,“O MY FARTHER,IF THOU BE WILLING,REMOVE THIS AGONY FROM ME; NEVERTHELESS,NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE.”WHEN JESUS RETURNED TO HIS DISCIPLES,HE FOUND THEM SLEEPING.TWO MORE TIMES HE WENT TO PRAY,AND EACH TIME HE FOUND HIS FRIENDS ASLEEP.“ARISE-THE ONE WHO IS TO BETRAY ME IS NEAR.”JESUS SAID.JUDAS LED A BAND OF MEN INTO THE GARDEN.JUDAS GAVE JESUS A KISS AND THEN THE MEN TOOK HOLD OF JESUS.PETER DRAWED HIS SWORD AND CUT ONE OF THE SERVANTS EAR OFF. “PETER,PUT UP YOUR SWORD .DO YOU THINK THAT I CANNOT CALL ON GOD TO SEND LEGIONS OF ANGELS TO PROTECT ME?”JESUS SAID.QUIETLY JESUS HEALD THE MAN’S EAR.WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW THAT JESUS WAS MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIMSELF,THEY RAN FOR THEIR LIVES.AT AN OFFICER’S COMMAND,THE SOLDIERS BINDED JESUS AND TOOK HIM BACK TO JERUSALEM-THE CITY WHERE HE HAD RIDDEN SO TRIUMPHANTLY ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO. LUKE 22:17-20; JOHN 13:33-38; MATTHEW 26:30, 36-56

5. Then he rose again from the dead! On Sunday!

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