Easter: The High Holy Day of Christianity

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Today Christians worldwide celebrate the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ.  Belief in this event is the foundation of the Christian faith. 

Below is a description of those events as recorded by the Greek physician Luke:

King James Version: Luke Chapter 24

1 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.

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

He Is Risen!

HE IS RISEN!

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(From the book of John in the New Testament Of THE BIBLE)

John the 20th Chapter:

1: Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

2: So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."

3: Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.

4: They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first;

5: and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

6: Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying,

7: and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.

8: Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

9: for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

10: Then the disciples went back to their homes.

11: But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb;

12: and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

13: They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."

14: Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

15: Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."

16: Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher).

17: Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

18: Mary Mag'dalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

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HAPPY EASTER ALL!

JDL