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Easter Sunday explanation please

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eddiecat78 Sun 05-Apr-26 11:00:13

We are told that Christ was crucified on Good Friday and rose again three days later - which would be Easter Monday - so why is the resurrection marked on the Sunday?

Skye17 Sun 12-Apr-26 22:28:32

Peter spoke that to the crowd less than half a mile from the tomb where Jesus was buried. ‘God raised him from the dead,’ he said (verse 24). Everyone knew that the tomb was empty, and there was no adequate explanation for it except that Jesus had risen. Otherwise, Christianity would never have got off the ground.