Easter Basics
What event does Easter celebrate?
What is the resurrection of Jesus?
What Roman governor sentenced Jesus to be crucified?
(Answer: Who is Pontius Pilate?)
Who was the first person to see the risen Jesus?
(Answer: Who is Mary Magdalene?)
Who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver?
(Answer: Who is Judas Iscariot?)
Which prophet said the Messiah would be born of a virgin?
(Answer: Who is Isaiah?)
On what day of the week did Jesus rise from the dead?
What is Sunday?
What was the method of Jesus' execution?
(Answer: What is crucifixion?)
What did the angel say to the women at the tomb?
(Answer: What is "He is not here, He is risen!"?)
In the Bible, how many days passed between Jesus' death and resurrection?
Three
What Psalm predicts Jesus' words on the cross: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
(Answer: What is Psalm 22?)
What Jewish festival was being celebrated during the week of Jesus’ crucifixion?
What is Passover?
What was written on the sign placed above Jesus' head on the cross?
(Answer: What is "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"?)
Which disciple doubted until he saw Jesus’ wounds?
(Answer: Who is Thomas?)
Who denied Jesus three times?
(Answer: Who is Peter?)
Which prophet foretold Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey?
(Answer: Who is Zechariah?)
What do Christians typically do on Good Friday?
What is remember Jesus' crucifixion?
What happened to the temple veil when Jesus died?
(Answer: What is it was torn in two?)
How many days did Jesus appear to His disciples after the resurrection?
(Answer: What is 40 days?)
Which Roman soldier declared, “Surely this was the Son of God”?
(Answer: Who is the centurion?)
What Old Testament book describes the suffering servant?
(Answer: What is Isaiah 53?)
What is the period of 40 days before Easter called?
What is Lent?
How many hours was Jesus on the cross before He died?
(Answer: What is six hours?)
Where did Jesus ascend to heaven from?
(Answer: What is the Mount of Olives?)
Who asked for Jesus' body and laid Him in his own tomb?
(Answer: Who is Joseph of Arimathea?)
In which book is it prophesied that not one of the Messiah’s bones would be broken?
(Answer: What is Exodus or Psalms?)
What time of day did Jesus die, and why is that significant in the Jewish sacrificial system?
(Answer: What is the 9th hour (3 p.m.), the time of the evening sacrifice?)
What does the Greek word “Tetelestai” (spoken by Jesus on the cross) mean, and what is its theological implication?
What is "It is finished"; it signifies the full payment of sin and the completion of redemption?
Which prophet foretold the resurrection on the third day using metaphorical language about being raised up?
(Answer: Who is Hosea, in Hosea 6:2?)