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Come Follow Me 2023: Easter – Sunday

Reading Plan

Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.

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'The Empty Tomb' by Clark Kelley Price
Clark Kelley Price
An image depicting the empty tomb of Jesus Christ on the morning of the resurrection
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
'Jesus Said to Her,
William Whitaker
'Supper at Emmaus' by Simon Harmon Vedder
Simon Harmon Vedder
An image of Christ speaking with his apostles and disciples after his resurrection
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Reading Resources

D. Todd Christofferson, “The Atonement and the Resurrection,” in By Study and by Faith: Selections from the Religious Educator, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 13–24.

Eric D. Huntsman, “Easter or ‘Resurrection’ Sunday,” LDS Seasonal Materials

Eric D. Huntsman, “Resurrection Sunday,” BYU New Testament Commentary

S. Kent Brown, “The First Easter,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 32 (2019): 33-38.

Tad R. Callister, “Jesus Christ: Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” Encyclopedia of Mormonism

Eric D. Huntsman, “Preparing for Easter,” BYU New Testament Commentary

Michael D. Rhodes, “Witnesses of the Resurrection,” BYU New Testament Commentary

Richard D. Draper, “He Has Risen: The Resurrection Narratives as a Witness of Corporeal Regeneration,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 190–206.

John W. Welch, “Four Perspectives on the Trial and Resurrection of Jesus,” BYU New Testament Commentary

Richard D. Draper and Michael D. Rhodes, “What Does the Resurrection Do to the Physical Body?” BYU New Testament Commentary

Rebecca Reynolds Lambert, “Our Faithful Lord: Passover to Easter,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 81-104.

Robert J. Matthews, “The Doctrine of the Resurrection as Taught in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies Quarterly 30, no. 3 (1990): 41–56.

Julie M. Smith, “The Ending of Mark’s Gospel,” BYU New Testament Commentary

L. Aldin Porter, “He Is Risen,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 36–45.

Keith J. Wilson, “The Resurrection: An Embattled Keystone,” in The Book of Mormon and the Message of the Four Gospels, ed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. Ball (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 219–33.

Keith J. Wilson, “The Christian History and Development of Easter,” in Celebrating Easter: The 2006 BYU Easter Conference, ed. Thomas A. Wayment and Keith J. Wilson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University), 201–23.

Alan C. Ashton, “Easters: The Eternal Atoning Sacrifice Testifies of the Everlasting Redeeming Savior,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship (2018):237–256.

Ann Madsen, “The Healing and Exalting Powers of Christ Weave Together at Easter,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship (2017): 61–66.

Mitt Romney, “Three Streams of Gratitude for Jesus,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship (2015): 1–2.