Easter Feast
The empty tomb, and the feast the whole year is built around - every other movable date counts from it. Matthew 28:6 carries the sentence: he is not here, for he is risen. 1 Corinthians 15:20 draws the consequence.
When it falls
The verses for the day
- He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.Matthew 28:6
- He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,Luke 24:6
- But now is Christ risen from the dead, {and} become the firstfruits of them that slept.1 Corinthians 15:20
- Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:John 11:25
The moment in the Bible
The empty tombMatthew 28:6Read the passage → The place
Golgotha, meaning "Place of the Skull," is the hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. Also called Calvary, it was the site of the most significant event in Christian history - the death of Jesus Christ for the sins of humanity. Today, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre marks the traditional site where Jesus was crucified and buried.
Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity, central to the biblical narrative. King David captured it and made it his capital, and his son Solomon built the First Temple there. It was the site of Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and the birth of the Christian church at Pentecost. The city has been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times throughout history.
