Just about everyone knows the basic story of Easter. Jesus Christ had been crucified. He had died and was buried.
Easter comes each year at about the time spring begins.
Jesus, an actual man, had died at the hands of the Romans. He was put to death, His hands and feet nailed to the cross. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, watched as He slowly suffered and died. Finally, to make sure He was indeed dead, the executioners sliced open His side with a spear. Convinced, they allowed friends to take His body down from the cross and bury it.