RESURRECTION SUNDAY/EASTER Revisisted


                        RESURRECTION SUNDAY/EASTER                    

                                                    Photo by Gaston Abascal on Unsplash

This past Sunday, Christians everywhere celebrated the victorious Resurrection of Christ.  Many refer to that day as Easter, but have you ever wondered if the word "Easter" is even in the Bible?  

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.                                                             Acts 12:4, KJV       

As it turns out, Easter is only found in one scripture in the King JameVersion of the Bible. "Pesach" is the Greek word for Easter which when translates to Passover.  According to www.history.com, "Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly A.D."

Luke 21:1 reads Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. The English word for Easter means the spring Christian festival to commemorate the resurrection of Christ.  Some believe Easter to be a pagan holiday because there are some pagan holidays that also are observed during the spring, but there is no hard evidence that there is any connection.  So, the word Easter (and why we celebrate it) is Biblically sound.  

When it comes to "peeps", "bunnies", and "eggs" as they relate (?) to Easter, well, that is a totally different conversation.

Blessings.

~CWP~

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