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Holy Week Eggs
Use plastic Easter eggs with numbers written on the
ends.
Egg #1 Read Luke 19:28-2
Palm branches (silk flower palm leaf) represent Jesus' ride into
Jerusalem.
Egg #2 Read Matthew 26:14-16.
Three
coins (pennies) remind us of the money Judas received for betraying Jesus.
Egg #3 Read Matthew 26:29.
A cup (Communion cup) represents the Last Supper.
Egg #4 Read Luke 22:39-48.
Praying
hands (sticker of praying hands) depict Jesus praying in the Garden of
Gethsemane.
Egg #5 Read Matthew 27:36.
Leather strips represent the whip used to give Jesus 39 lashes after his
trial.
Egg #6 Read John 19:2-3.
Purple cloth reminds us of how Jesus was mocked.
Egg #7 Read John 19:23-24.
A nail
represents those that were used to hang Jesus to the cross.
Egg #8 Read John 19:23-24.
Dice portray the Roman soldiers gambling for Jesus' robes.
Egg #9 Read John 19:31-34.
A spear
(half toothpick) reminds us of the soldier who pierced Jesus' side.
Egg #10 Read Matthew 27:60-66.
Gauze depicts how Jesus was wrapped and buried.
Egg #11 Read Matthew 27:60-66.
The stone shows how they closed the tomb.
Egg #12 Read Matthew 28:5-6.
The last egg is empty to show that Jesus rose from the dead.
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