Does Anyone know the difference between Easter and Passover?

Question

Does anyone know the difference between easter and passover are they one in the same?

Answer 1

easter is the rising of Jesus, on the third day, after Passover, since he was Jewish. My family celebrates easter in a passover style, it's pretty neat.
Easter is celebrated by Christians, it is a reminder that we have hope because jesus died for us.
Passover is celebrated by Jews, it is a reminder that God delivered his people from the hands of the egyptians.

Answer 2

Part of Easter (Good Friday) is the Last Supper. The last supper was a celebration of Passover HOWEVER the Last Supper refers to that specific celebration that has more meaning than just Passover. Easter is more than just the Last Supper. It is also the Reserection and Crucifixion (Easter Sunday and whatnot)

Jews do not celebrate Easter, they do not believe Jesus was the Messiah. They do not believe he rose from the dead.

So while some Christians celebrate Passover rituals on the Good Friday. They are not celebrating Passover per se. Passover is a rememberance of God slaying the Egyptions first borns via the Angel of Death and the other plagues that befell the Egyptians. (The angel of death "Passed Over" the houses of the Jews). The Egyptians were being punished for enslaving the Jews. There is also much more to the celebration of Passover than the Sedar meal and rituals.

Remember the Torah and The Old Testament are *almost* the same and Christianity is an extention of Judaism.

But Easter (Good Friday) is not Passover and Passover is NOT Easter.

Answer 3

They are completely different, with the only connection being the tradition that as the last supper was a passover meal, the story of the resurrection would have taken place on that Sunday -- Easter.
But the Jewish 7 or 8 day holiday of Passover commemorates the Exodus from Egypt whereas the single day of Easter has to do with Jesus. They are affixed separately in the calendar and observed in completely different ways by different people.

Answer 4

Jesus was offered up as the Passover Lamb on Passover. He entered Jerusalem four days prior to Passover and was welcomed by the people as the Messiah (or at least as a great prophet). The Zealots erroneously thought he was going to overthrow the Romans. It was customary for the High Priest to select one lamb to be The Passover Lamb and then to observe it for four days in order to declare it perfect and without blemish. Jesus fulfilled this four day period by answering questions and teaching and healing, whereafter Jesus was arrested and tried for blasphemy. Pilate declared, "I find no fault in this man," but the High Priest Caiaphas had already selected Jesus to be crucified (although he didn't realize he was selecting Jesus as the Passover Lamb) as a way of declaring Jewish political obedience to Caesar (and getting rid of a political "troublemaker" in the process). Jesus rose from the grave on the day of First Fruits (Leviticus 23) which fell the first day after the Sabbath during Passover, which is Sunday. So, Easter, as has been stated, is a terrible name to associate with Jesus because "Easter" (Ishtar) was a pagan festival that occurred around the same time. He actually rose on First Fruits, becoming the "firstborn from the dead," and fifty days later on Shavuot (Pentecost) the Holy Spirit filled Yahshua's followers with power from God. The short answer is Easter comes shortly after Passover.

Answer 5

Interesting... I read a few answers you got so far. And some are saying that the passover is not a christian celebration, but Jesus Christ celebrated each and every year the passover while he was on heart, he was born Jewish but the term Christians comes from Jesus Christ. So if I am Christian I should follow Jesus' example and follow what he did, If he celebrated passover, I should too and I'm not Jewish I am Christian. Now, regarding your question, Easter is a pagan Tradition, what does the eggs or bunnies got to do with Christ?

Answer 6

Easter is a Christian Holliday celebrating the rebirth of Christ after he was crucified. Passover is a Jewish Holliday and Old Testemant Christian Holliday (Judeo-Christian), both of which are about the same time of year. The passover holliday is called passover because they believed that if you put lambs blood on your door that the spirit would "pass over" your home and leave your first born child unharmed.. At least that is what I remember from Sunday School

Answer 7

Passover is the Jewish commemoration of the Exodus, the most important event in Jewish history. As a Jew, Jesus observed Passover. The Hebrew term for Passover is Pesach, from which Western culture derives the terms "Pasch" and "Pascal", which refer to Easter. "Easter" is the English term, borrowed from a pagan Spring ritual, for what the rest of the Christian world calls "Pascua", "Paska" or some similar word. This is the Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus from death, which occurred during the Jewish Passover. The celebration was not originally an annual event but a weekly event. Sunday was considered a weekly celebration of the Resurrection. The idea of an annual Christian calendar didn't develop for a couple of centuries. It seemed natural to tie it to Passover, and was originally set to the following Sunday. Obviously, Jesus never celebrated Easter. It would have been chronologically impossible to commemorate an event that hadn't happened yet. And Jesus left the Earth shortly after his resurrection, before the Christian Church even formed. Early Christians were not as interested in commemorating past events as preparing for Jesus' imminent return. When that didn't happen, and as the original witnesses died off, Christians began to see the importance not only of writing things down, but of cyclical formal commemorations of the crucial events of their faith. The primary celebration of Passover is the seder meal, which includes the ritual asking of certain questions and the eating of symbolic foods, such as unleavened bread and wine. This was what Jesus and his disciples were doing the night before his arrest and death. Christian worship liturgies, particularly those of the Orthodox and Catholic churches, are modified versions of the Jewish Torah service and the Jewish Passover, with Christian elements added.

Answer 8

Easter is the day Christians observe as the day Christ was resurrected 3 days after His death. Passover is a Jewish observation of the time of the last plague of Egypt when the "Angel of Death" "passed over" the homes and families of the Jews that followed Moses instruction to mark their doorways with lambs blood so that Death would "pass them by".

Answer 9

Passover is when Jews thank G-d for taking us out of slavery. Easter is christian and not, but usually comes out a few days later. They are totally different.

Answer 10

Easter and Passover have nothing in common.
Passover is a Jewish holiday celebrating the exodus from Egypt, and Easter is a pagan fertility festival which was borrowed by the church. Some believe it celebrates the resurrection.