Acts 4 32-35

The life of the first community is characterised by a unity of mind and heart and common life.

1 John 5: 1-6

The resurrection of Jesus and our faith in him have overcome the world.

John 20: 19-31

In the upper room the risen Lord appears, and a doubting man finds faith.

Acts 10:34. 37-43
Peter proclaims the message that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven.

Colossians 3: 1-4
Paul teaches that when Christ is revealed, his followers too will be revealed in all their glory.

John 20: 1-9
Very early on Easter morning, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb.  What she finds there sends her running to fetch Peter and the beloved disciple.

Jeremiah 31: 31-34

This the only reference to a ‘New covenant’  in the Old Testament. It provides a description of that covenant under which God’s people will live.

 

Hebrews 5: 7-9

Jesus learned obedience to God’s will from the things he suffered.

 

John 12: 20-33

Jesus foretells his passion and explains its significance.

Isaiah 50: 4-7

The third of Isaiah’s Servant Songs shows the Lord’s disciple humbly accepting insults and abuse.

 

Philippians 2: 6-11

Jesus lays aside his divine glory and humbles himself even to the extent of dying a hideous death by crucifixion.

Mark 14: 1-15:47

Even in this, the bleakest of the four Passion accounts, Jesus is recognised in the end as ‘son of God’.

2 Chronicles 36: 14-16. 19-23

The people of Jerusalem brought about their exile through their repeated infidelities, until God used a pagan ruler to restore them to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple.

 

Ephesians 2: 4-10

God’s generosity is shown by the gift of life, of salvation, bestowed freely on people who do not merit or deserve it.

 

John 3: 14-21

God sent Christ into the world to bring it the gift of eternal life, to be accepted or rejected through people’s free choice.