{"id":31428,"date":"2022-09-10T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/easter-quarantines-spark-record-number-of-online-bible-readers\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:30:03","slug":"easter-quarantines-spark-record-number-of-online-bible-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/easter-quarantines-spark-record-number-of-online-bible-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter, Quarantines Spark Record Number of Online Bible Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">YouVersion photo <\/p>\n<p><em>By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For YouVersion and Bible Gateway, Easter provided even more reason to celebrate, as both online platforms hosted a record number of Scripture readers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bible Gateway<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bible Gateway saw a nearly 60% increase in unique visitors this Easter Sunday (April 12) compared to last Easter Sunday (April 21), according to the site&#8217;s content manager Jonathan Petersen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">He says they attribute the increase to the number of people sheltering at home and participating in online church this year due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most searched for verse on BibleGateway.com during Holy Week and Easter Sunday was Matthew 28:6\u2014\u201cHe is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The top 5 passages read by people on Bible Gateway during Holy Week and Easter, including the resurrection accounts in the four Gospels and Paul&#8217;s explanation of the importance of Christ&#8217;s resurrection to the Corinthian church:<\/p>\n<div class='code-block code-block-1' style='margin: 8px 0;clear: both'> <\/div>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Luke 24<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 28<\/li>\n<li>John 20<\/li>\n<li>1 Corinthians 15<\/li>\n<li>Mark 16<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>YouVersion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Easter Sunday was the highest day in YouVersion Bible App history for verses shared and Bible Plan completions, according to the platform&#8217;s public relations manager Rachel Feuerborn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the 2019 Holy Week, YouVersion saw 26.4 million Bible plan days completed. This year, that jumped 54% to 40.6 million Bible Plan days completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, last year\u2019s Holy Week saw 10.8 million verse shares, which increased 30% to 14.1 million in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top verses shared include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Mark 16:6<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 30:5<\/li>\n<li>Luke 22:20<\/li>\n<li>Philippians 2:7<\/li>\n<li>Psalm 24:10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, the Bible App for Kids saw its best week in app history during this year\u2019s Holy Week with 5.2 million Bible stories completed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;margin-top:0em;margin-bottom:1em\">\n<div class=\"centered-text-area\">\n<div class=\"centered-text\" style=\"float: left\">\n<div class=\"u03625dfc6c49d24d9024aa93a05c63e3-content\">See also&nbsp; The Group Most Likely to Still Be Missing From Your Church<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ctaButton\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Previously, both Bible Gateway and YouVersion had seen increases in specific verses during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AARON EARLS (@WardrobeDoor)<\/strong><em>&nbsp;is online editor for&nbsp;<\/em>Facts &amp; Trends<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-default\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px\">Dig Deeper at Lifeway.com<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"one-third first\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds\">\n<h2>52 Bible Verses You Should Have in Your Heart<\/h2>\n<p>B&amp;H editorial staff<\/p>\n<p>  FIND OUT MORE <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-website yarpp-template-thumbnails'>\n<h3>Related posts:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"yarpp-thumbnails-horizontal\">  2021 Continued to Drive More Readers to Scripture  What Do Pastors Believe About the End Times?  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