The Real Origin of Easter
The Real Origin of Easter (By Crystal Holmes) Acts 12:3-4 . And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread .) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. This one translation has caused a lot of misunderstanding. The word here translated as “Easter” is from the Strong’s word 3957 “pascha,” meaning “passover,” and it was correctly translated 28 of the 29 times used in the Bible. “ There never was a more absurd or unhappy translation than this. The original is simply after the Passover, meta to pasca . The word Easter now denotes the festival observed by many Christian churches in honour of the resurrection of the Saviour. But the original has no reference to that; nor is there the slightest evidence that any such festival was obs...