6 Bible Verses about Easter

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain. For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.