{"id":2447,"date":"2012-04-05T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T13:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:07:59","slug":"what-happened-on-easter-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/carls-thoughts\/what-happened-on-easter-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened on Easter Sunday?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was on Easter Sunday that Jesus rose from death. Jesus had told his disciples before he was arrested that he would be crucified and on the third day he would rise from the dead.<\/p>\n

Sunday was the third day from Good Friday (Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Day).<\/p>\n

The second day after Good Friday.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He takes <\/span><\/strong>men<\/span> out of time
\nand makes them feel <\/span><\/strong>eternity<\/span>.\u2028<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 B<\/span>ut\u00a0<\/span>from this earth<\/span><\/strong>, this grave<\/span><\/strong>, this dust<\/span>,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>My <\/span>G<\/span>od<\/span><\/em> shall raise me up<\/strong>, I trust<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u2028<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Walter Raleigh<\/p>\n

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Easter<\/span><\/span><\/strong> says you can put truth<\/span> in a grave<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nbut it won\u2019t<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>stay there.\u2028<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

Clarence W. Hall<\/p>\n

J<\/span>esus<\/span> said to her:<\/span><\/span>
\n“I am the resurrection<\/span>\u00a0and the life<\/span>. <\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nHe who <\/em>believes in me<\/span> will live<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0even though he dies.”<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

John 11:25<\/p>\n

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Do not abandon yourselves to despair<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
We are the Easter<\/span><\/span> people <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
and hallelujah<\/span><\/strong> is our song.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Paul John Paul II<\/p>\n

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In their fright<\/span> the women bowed down with their faces to the ground,<\/span><\/span>
\nbut the men<\/strong> said to them,<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “Why do you look for the\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span>living<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span>among the dead?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Luke 24:5<\/p>\n

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Celebrate with us this Easter and keep looking up<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\"Carl<\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Beech<\/p>\n

on behalf of the CVM team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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