Yes, the Resurrection occurred in the very early hours of the Sunday morning now known as Easter Sunday.
WRONG!!!! Sorry this person lied to you he did not come back on Easter Sunday he did rise on Sunday but it wasn't Easter just like he wasn't born on December 25. Both these days chosen are Pagan Holidays which were in place LONG before Christianity was founded but Christians who amassed in popularity didn't want them celebrated so they were HAND PICKED to take the place of the pagan holidays that stood there first.
I think you're taking a direction that ends up as twisted as the "facts" you are trying to replace the "facts" you don't like!
The most important thing to consider is that Jesus DID rise on the third day after His Crucifixion, just as He said He would. No, they didn't refer to it as Easter back then...that came much later. The "pagan holiday" the last person referred to as being replaced by Christmas, was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. We don't know the exact day that Jesus was born and so church leaders picked a day that we could look to every year to remember how He left heaven to live among us. The exact day of His birth or His resurrection is not fundamentally important. That He was born, was crucified and was resurrected IS the miracle and worth celebrating every day of the year!
Jesus was crucified the day before the Jewish Sabbath (Mark 15:42) - Friday, and was raised on the third day - Monday.
Jesus came back from the grave on Easter morning.
We have Easter because that is the day that Jesus comes back to life.
Easter started after Jesus came back from the dead
As Jesus was God there is no need for him to be reborn, it is us who should be reborn.
Supposedly in the early morning of the Sunday following his crucifixion.
Easter is when we celebrate the day that Jesus rose from his tomb. Its a celebration of a new beginning.
I don't think so. Even though Peter was told that Jesus will come back, he was very surprised on Easter day XD
Easter is the day Jesus rose from the dead. Good Friday was the day when he died on the cross for our sins.
Easter celebrates Jesus coming back to life after three days in the tomb.
I guess because they are related....Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus and Easter is celebrating the death and resurection (coming back to life) of Jesus.
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Easter and the crucifixion is related because the crucifixion was a sad day, since Jesus was killed. Then just a few days later Easter symbolizes the celebration when Jesus rose and came back.