A Sunday School teacher asked her class of young children a very simple question, or so she thought. She asked, "What is Easter?"
Immediately many children raised their hands. So the teacher called on one to answer the question.
The sweet child replied, "Oh, that's easy! It's the holiday in November when everyone gets together, eats turkey, and gives thanks."
"Wrong!," replied the teacher, and proceeded to choose a second child to answer the same question, "What is Easter?"
The second child replied, "Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus."
The teacher looked at the second child, shook her head, and tells him he's wrong.
Then a third child is selected to answer the question, "What is Easter?"
The third child smiles confidently and looks into the teacher's eyes and says, "I know what Easter is."
"Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in the side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with nails through his hands. He was buried in a nearby cave, which was then sealed off by a large boulder."
The teacher smiles broadly with delight.
Then the child continues,
"And every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus can come out ... and, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter."
Immediately many children raised their hands. So the teacher called on one to answer the question.
The sweet child replied, "Oh, that's easy! It's the holiday in November when everyone gets together, eats turkey, and gives thanks."
"Wrong!," replied the teacher, and proceeded to choose a second child to answer the same question, "What is Easter?"
The second child replied, "Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus."
The teacher looked at the second child, shook her head, and tells him he's wrong.
Then a third child is selected to answer the question, "What is Easter?"
The third child smiles confidently and looks into the teacher's eyes and says, "I know what Easter is."
"Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in the side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with nails through his hands. He was buried in a nearby cave, which was then sealed off by a large boulder."
The teacher smiles broadly with delight.
Then the child continues,
"And every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus can come out ... and, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter."
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