Thanks Tia. For helping me pick these Easter eggs for Joe’s party
You most welcome, Tofu.
Could you help me with one more thing, please?
Sure, what is it?
Joe has invited me for the Easter celebration at his home
but I feel I don’t know a lot about Easter
Do you think you could tell me something about it?
of course Tofu, I will
Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ
after his crucifixion
About 2000 years ago
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey
There he started preaching the people the right and the wrong they were doing.
He performed many miracles too
He fed many many people on just a little bit of food
he healed the sick and even brought back the dead to life.
He was loved and followed by many many people
But there were some others
who felt threatened by the popularity he was gaining
These people got together with Judas Iscariot
a disciple of Jesus who too was jealous of all the love that he was receiving
Judas agreed to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver
One night, Jesus sat down with his disciples to have a meal
He told his friends that the next day
he would leave them all and join his Father in heaven
as one amongst them had already taken money to betray him
At this point, Judas left them all and walked away
Later Judas came back with the priest’s men who took him away
The Jewish leaders asked him if he was the Son of God
When Jesus said yes
the Jewish leaders said this was an insult to God and he should be punished
Eventually on Friday
Jesus was nailed to a cross through his hands and feet
and the cross was raised to stand
Jesus stayed nailed to the cross till night
when he finally died
This day came to be known as Good Friday
Friends of Jesus and Mary, his mother
brought him down from the cross
and laid him in a cave
and made it his tomb
They sealed the cave with a rock
Mary Magdalena
a friend of Jesus visited his tomb two days later
on a Sunday.
But the tomb was open and Jesus’s body was not there
When Jesus’s mother found out about it
she broke down crying
A stranger came to her then
and told her that her son was now with the Lord
She asked him, how he knew this
The man told her that he was Jesus
he had risen from the dead
Mary overjoyed to know this
she spread the word of Jesus’ resurrection
and this day came to be celebrated
as Easter Sunday
Wow, Tia. Thanks for telling me all this
All I knew about Easter
was that Christians consider this as a very sacred day
go to the church and cook good food
Don’t forget the Easter eggs, Tofu!
Oh, yes!
There are treasure hunts too
where we look for Easter eggs filled with chocolates and other yummies!
Yes, you’re right!