Easter
From Textus Receptus
Easter, also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, from Aramaic: פסחא, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ), or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 32 AD.
The word Easter appears once in the King James Version in Acts 12:4. Easter, which means the celebration of the resurrection, was put into Acts 12:4 by design. The Translators knowing that in Acts the believers would be celebrating the Christian Pascha, and not the Jewish Pascha, which historically was in the same week until the middle ages. Before Acts, the Jewish Passover was celebrated, and translated that way because Jesus had not yet died as the Passover Lamb of God. After his death they no longer celebrated the Old shadow Passover (Greek - Pascha) by killing a lamb, but they practiced the new resurrection celebration of Easter (also Greek - Pascha).
See Also
- Q: Is Easter a mistranslation in the King James Version?
- Easter or Passover by Scott Jones
- Why We Should Not Passover Easter (Part 1) by Nick Sayers
- Why We Should Not Passover Easter (Part 2) by Nick Sayers
External Links
- Easter or Passover by Scott Jones Defending the word Easter
- Easter By the Trinitarian Bible Society
- Easter by Will Kinney
- Why We Should Not Passover Easter Article by Nick Sayers
- “Easter” or “Passover” in Acts 12:4?
- You Tube Video - Why We Should Not Passover Easter by Nick Sayers
- The Question Concerning Easter / Passover You Tube Video by Will Kinney
