Passover, not Easter Part 1
You might be aware of the fact that the King James Version of the bible uses the word "Easter" only once, in Acts 12:4, and you might know also that this is an obvious mistranslation. After killing James the brother of John, Herod persecutes Peter:
"And when he [Herod} had apprehended him [Peter], 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." (Act 12:4)
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible, which you can have access to for free if you download eSword, read like this concerning this verse:
'Intending after Easter' - There never was a more absurd or unhappy translation than this. The original is simply after the Passover. The word “Easter” now denotes the festival observed by many Christian churches in honor 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 observed at the time when this book was written. The translation is not only unhappy, as it does not convey at all the meaning of the original, but because it may contribute to foster an opinion that such a festival was observed in the time of the apostles. The word “Easter” is of Saxon origin, and is supposed to be derived from “Eostre,” the goddess of Love, or the Venus of the North, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated by our pagan ancestors in the month of April (Webster)."
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