Resurrection Word Search
The resurrection account begins with women coming to the tomb early on the first day of the week and finding the stone rolled away. Reports of Jesus appearing alive follow in all four Gospels.
Resurrection word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- alive
- angel
- empty
- garden
- jesus
- mary
- risen
- stone
- sunday
- tomb
Resurrection word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- alive
- angel
- easter
- empty
- garden
- hope
- jesus
- mary
- peter
- risen
- stone
- sunday
- third day
- thomas
- tomb
Resurrection word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- alive
- angel
- appeared
- easter
- emmaus
- empty
- garden
- guards
- hope
- jesus
- linen cloths
- mary
- peter
- risen
- rolled away
- stone
- sunday
- third day
- thomas
- tomb
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Words in the Resurrection word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- tomb
- Grave cut into rock where the body of Jesus was laid.
- stone
- Heavy disc rolled across the entrance of the tomb.
- empty
- What the women found the tomb to be that morning.
- risen
- Word the angel used to explain the empty tomb.
- jesus
- The one Christians believe rose from the dead.
- angel
- Messenger who told the women that Jesus was alive.
- mary
- Mary Magdalene, the first person to see Jesus alive.
- alive
- Jesus was found living again after he had died.
- garden
- Area where the borrowed tomb was located.
- sunday
- First day of the week, when the tomb was found open.
- easter
- Yearly Christian holiday marking the resurrection.
- hope
- Confidence Christians draw from the empty tomb.
- third day
- When Jesus rose, counting from his burial on Friday.
- peter
- Disciple who ran to the tomb and looked inside.
- thomas
- Disciple who doubted until he saw Jesus for himself.
- linen cloths
- Burial wrappings left lying inside the empty tomb.
- rolled away
- What had happened to the heavy stone before sunrise.
- emmaus
- Village road where two followers walked with Jesus.
- appeared
- Jesus showed himself to his followers many times.
- guards
- Soldiers posted to watch the sealed tomb.
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