Easter Word Search

Sixteen words from Holy Week and Easter morning, from Hosanna on Palm Sunday to the road to Emmaus, each with its verse. Play it here or print it, with a large-print option and an answer key.

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Drag across a word, or tap its first letter and then its last. Words read forward: across, down and diagonally.

Hosanna
Donkey
Palm
Gethsemane
Thorns
Cross
Golgotha
Garden
Tomb
Angel
Stone
Spices
Linen
Risen
Mary Magdalene
Emmaus

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Prints the puzzle and the word list on page 1 and the answer key on page 2. New puzzle mixes the same words into a fresh grid.

He is not here; He has risen!
— Luke 24:6 (BSB)

Where each one is found

Hosanna
The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
— Matthew 21:9 (BSB)
Donkey
At once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her.
— Matthew 21:2 (BSB)
Palm
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!”
— John 12:13 (BSB)
Gethsemane
Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
— Matthew 26:36 (BSB)
Thorns
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
— John 19:2 (BSB)
Cross · Golgotha
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
— John 19:17 (BSB)
Garden
Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
— John 19:41 (BSB)
Tomb
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
— Matthew 28:1 (BSB)
Angel
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
— Matthew 28:2 (BSB)
Stone
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
— Mark 16:4 (BSB)
Spices
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
— Luke 24:1 (BSB)
Linen
He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
— John 20:5 (BSB)
Risen
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said!
— Matthew 28:6 (BSB)
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!”
— John 20:18 (BSB)
Emmaus
That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
— Luke 24:13 (BSB)

For Sunday school, class and home

Print one for each child, or print the large-print version for older eyes. Page 2 is the answer key, so a teacher or parent can check at a glance. Reading the verses together afterwards turns the puzzle into a short Bible lesson.

Easter Word Search

Easter

Where each one is found

For Sunday school, class and home

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