Happy Easter

A couple of years ago the young women at church made a cute activity for an Easter family night. You need 12 plastic eggs, write the numbers on them. Then print out the following:

1. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matthew 26:39
(sacrament cup)

2. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-15, see also Zechariah 11:12-14
(three silver coins)

3. When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had found him, they led him and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:1-2
(knotted twine)

4. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: See ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be upon us, and on our children. The released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Matthew 27:24-26
(piece of hand soap)

5. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. Matthew 27:28-30
(square of red cloth)

6. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put on his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross. Matthew 27:31-32
(small nail)

7. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there. Matthew 27:35-36
(small dice)

8. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; . . . Now when the Centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly, this was the Son of God. Matthew 27:50-51, 54
(crushed rock)

9. There came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' desciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. Matthew 27:57-60
(strip of white cloth)

10. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. Pilate said unto them [the chief priest and pharisees], Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. Matthew 27:60, 65-66
(small stone)

11. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, had brought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Mark 16:1
(whole cloves)

12. HE IS NOT HERE; FOR HE IS RISEN. Matthew 28:6


Roll up each numbered strip of paper and put it, along with the appropriate items, in the numbered eggs. I had all of the items just around the house, except for the sacrament cup, which I'll get at church tomorrow. When we did this with the boys a year or two ago it was really special. Even just now, typing up the scriptures, I'm reminded of how much our Savior did for us and how much I love Him.

Happy Easter!