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Easter Bible trivia, the Resurrection in front of you.
Holy Week through the Great Fifty Days — the events the church reads year after year, from the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday to the Ascension forty days after Easter. The most documented week in the Bible.
What Easter covers in the Bible
Each of the four Gospels devotes about a third of its length to the events of one week. The Triumphal Entry, the cleansing of the temple, the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the trial, the crucifixion, the burial, the empty tomb, the appearances. Then 1 Corinthians 15 — Paul's earliest written summary of the Resurrection, and the centre of the New Testament's hope.
Sample Easter trivia questions
On which day of Holy Week is the Last Supper traditionally remembered?
"Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end."John 13:1
"Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum — the new commandment Jesus gave that night ("love one another, just as I have loved you," John 13:34). Maundy Thursday liturgies traditionally include foot-washing, echoing John 13:5–17, and the consecration of the bread and wine for Good Friday's communion.
In John 20, who is the first person to whom the risen Christ appears?
"Jesus said to her, 'Mary.' She turned and said to him in Aramaic, 'Rabboni!' (which means Teacher)."John 20:16
All four Gospels record women as the first witnesses of the Resurrection — striking in a culture where women's testimony was often dismissed in court. John 20 names Mary Magdalene specifically; she is then sent by the risen Christ to tell the disciples, earning her the patristic title "apostle to the apostles."
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul calls Christ "the firstfruits" of what?
"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep."1 Corinthians 15:20
"Firstfruits" is harvest language. The first sheaf cut at the Feast of Firstfruits guaranteed the rest of the harvest would follow. Paul uses it to argue that Christ's resurrection is not a one-off event but the leading edge of the general resurrection of believers — the rest of the harvest is coming.
Categories that pair well with Easter
For Holy Week specifically
The Custom mode is especially useful in Holy Week — type "John 13–21" or "Mark 14–16" or "Matthew 26–28" to get rounds rooted in the Passion narrative of one Gospel at a time. Read the Gospel slowly during the day; run the round in the evening.
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