23 Bible Verses about Holiday

And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,

for he says somewhere of the seventh day, "On the seventh day God rested after all his work,"

Let us, therefore, make every effort to be admitted to that Rest, so that none of us may fail through such disobedience as theirs.

On the first day of the week, when we had met for the breaking of bread, Paul addressed them, as he was going away the next morning, and he prolonged his address until midnight.

Now after he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven evil spirits.

On the first of every week each of you is to put aside and store up whatever he gains, so that money will not have to be collected after I come.

On the Lord's day I fell into a trance, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me

and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem, and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him."

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and nights, and after it he was famished.

The spirit immediately drove him out into the desert. And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the holy Spirit, and he was led about in the desert for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock. And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?" Some of the bystanders when they heard it said, "The man is calling for Elijah!"read more.
And one of them ran off at once and got a sponge and soaked it in sour wine and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink. But the others said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." But Jesus cried out again loudly, and gave up his spirit.

At noon darkness spread over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon. And at three o'clock Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "See! He is calling for Elijah!"read more.
One man ran off and soaked a sponge in common wine, and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah does come to take him down!" But Jesus gave a loud cry, and expired.

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon, as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two. Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty." A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished!" Then bowing his head he gave up his spirit.

And when they went into the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe sitting at the right, and they were utterly amazed. But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him.

And the angel said to the women, "You need not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying.

They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them. The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive? Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee,

And he led them out as far as Bethany. Then he lifted up his hands and blessed them. And as he was blessing them, he parted from them.

As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight.

On the day of the Harvest Festival, they were all meeting together, when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And they saw tongues like flames separating and settling one on the head of each of them,read more.
and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.