26 Good Friday and Easter Sunday Bible Verses

Few holidays are more sacred to Christians than Good Friday and Easter. On Good Friday we remember the death of Jesus on our behalf. We call to mind His suffering in our place and express our gratitude to Him for His incredible sacrifice. 

On Easter we celebrate the glorious truth that Jesus rose from the dead. Death could not hold Him. He is the Author of Life and His resurrection is proof that He paid the penalty for all our sins. 

What follows are 26 powerful Good Friday and Easter Sunday Bible verses. These verses should encourage you, move you to worship, and give you great hope. Let these words inspire you and fill you with joy today. 

Bible Verses About Good Friday

1. Genesis 3:15 - He Will Crush The Serpent

And I will put enmity

    between you and the woman,

    and between your offspring and hers;

he will crush[b] your head,

    and you will strike his heel.”

2. Isaiah 53:4-6 - He Bore Our Sins

Surely he took up our pain

    and bore our suffering,

yet we considered him punished by God,

    stricken by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,

    he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

    and by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

    each of us has turned to our own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

    the iniquity of us all.

3. Psalm 22:1-2 - My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? 

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

    Why are you so far from saving me,

    so far from my cries of anguish?

My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,

    by night, but I find no rest.

4. 1 Peter 2:24 - By His Wounds You Are Healed

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

5. Romans 5:6-8 - Christ Died For Us When We Were Powerless

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

6. Mark 10:33-34 - They Will Mock Him

“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him.”

7. Matthew 12:40 - He Will Be In The Earth Three Days

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

8. Mark 15:33 - Forsaken By God

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

9. Matthew 27:50-54 - He Gave Up His Spirit

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and[e] went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

10. John 3:16-17 - For God So Loved The World

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Bible Verses About Easter

11. John 11:25-26 - I Am The Resurrection and the Life

Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?'

12. 1 Peter 1:3 - Born Again To A Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

13. Acts 4:33 - Testify To The Resurrection

With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all.

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14. Luke 24:6 - He Is Risen! 

He is not here; he has risen!

15. Romans 6:9 - He Will Never Die Again

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

16. 1 Corinthians 6:14 - He Will Raise Us Up

And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

17. Romans 6:8-10 - We Will Live With Him

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God

18. Acts 3:15 - God Raised Him From The Dead

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.

19. Romans 10:9 - You Will Be Saved

If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

20. Matthew 28:5-6 - He Is Not Here

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.'

21. Revelation 1:17-18 - I Am The First And Last

Don’t be afraid! I am the First and Last. I am the living one. I died, but look–I am alive forever and ever!

22. Mark 16:1-4 - The Stone Had Been Rolled Away

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?' But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.

23. Thessalonians 4:14 - We Believe Jesus Died and Rose Again

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

24. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - Of First Importance

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

25. Mark 16:6 - See The Place Where They Laid Him

“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

26. Luke 24:5-8 - He Is Not Here!

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” Then they remembered his words.