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What are the origins of Easter?

Answered by . April 9, 2022 - 6:56 pm

“Easter” The term ‘Easter’ is simply an old English word that was used in the earliest vernacular speech to substitute for the Greek (and Latin) term Pascha, which in Jewish Greek Old Testament and in the Greek New Testament is a transliteration of the Hebrew term Pesakh, Passover. The term has now been removed from […]

Where does the word Easter come from?

Answered by . March 9, 2018 - 12:27 am

Easter (Ēostur) is the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of April, and is one of the twelve old Anglo-Saxon month names recorded by Bede (d.735). These Anglo-Saxon month names fell out of use after the Norman Conquest (1066) or earlier, and were replaced with the 12 Roman month names like January, February which we use today. […]

What is the difference between Easter and Passover?

Answered by . March 8, 2018 - 11:52 pm

There are two answers to this question. 1. Christian ‘Easter Sunday’ = the resurrection Sunday The first answer is that the word “Easter” has become established in Christian usage for the events of Christ’s death and resurrection which happened at the time of the Jewish Passover. So the Christian reference to Easter emphasises the Resurrection […]

Should High Holy days be observed today as in New Testament times?

Answered by . July 17, 2012 - 8:26 pm

In the early days of Christianity, almost all believers were Jews and for a while it seems that they continued to keep the Jewish Sabbath and Old Testament festivals such as Passover and the other feasts (e.g., Acts 21:21-24) However, once Gentiles became part of the Christian church it was necessary to decide whether keeping […]

In what way were sacrifices “shadows”?

Answered by . January 28, 2012 - 1:19 pm

A shadow is a picture cast by a tangible object. The sacrifices were a representation of the atonement/reconciliation/forgiveness of sins the coming messiah would achieve. Jesus the Messiah was the tangible reality. The sacrifices were the picture illustrating aspects of this amazing salvation to come through Jesus. The Law of Moses, extensively used physical things […]

How many times did Jesus attend the Passover celebration?

Answered by . September 5, 2010 - 5:51 pm

According to Luke 2:41, Joseph and Mary went to the Passover celebration in Jerusalem every year: Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy […]

Children ate the OT passover so why not NT bread and wine?

Answered by . December 2, 2009 - 2:26 pm

Children were allowed to eat the OT passover seder, so how do we know that both the last supper and the agape meal at Corinth were not simply meals where the bread and wine of the New Covenant, the “body” and “blood” of Christ, were not restricted to adult baptised members? God, Jesus and Children […]