Easter Story For Kids:- 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