5 Powerful Bible Verses to Read on Easter Sunday or Good Friday

Easter is a time to remember Jesus’s sacrifice for us. It’s a beautiful celebration of God’s love, power, and life altering grace and mercy. It’s also a time to share the truth of the gospel with family and friends.

Are you looking for Bible verses to read on Easter Sunday or Good Friday? There are many scriptures in the Bible that remind us of Jesus’s death and resurrection. Below are a few Bible verses for you to enjoy. Use them in your own personal quiet time or share them with family and friends on Easter Sunday.

Old Testament Bible Verses for Easter Sunday

#1: Psalm 22:14-18

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death. Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.

#2: Isaiah 53:7-12

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away. Yet who of His generation protested? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people He was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, though He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the Lord makes His life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in His hand. After He has suffered, He will see the light of life and be satisfied; by His knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him a portion among the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He poured out His life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

New Testament Bible Verses for Easter Sunday

#3: Matthew 28:5-8

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. Then go quickly and tell His disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ Now I have told you.”

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

#4: Romans 8:1-4

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

#5: Hebrews 10:11-14

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time He waits for His enemies to be made His footstool. For by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

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Here ends this list of Bible verses to read on Easter Sunday or Good Friday. This is just a small sample of scriptures that remind us of Jesus’s death and resurrection.

Looking for more ways to celebrate Jesus this Easter? Check out some of the other Easter content on the blog. You’ll find devotionals and articles full of scriptures about Jesus’s death and resurrection. You’ll also find scriptures about salvation that can supplement this list of Bible verses for Easter Sunday or Good Friday.

How do you and your family celebrate Easter? Do you have a favorite tradition? What about a favorite Bible verse? Please share your Easter traditions or bible verses below!

Have a blessed and happy Easter!