Why do so called christians celebrate Easter when you look into the Bible it clearly states that Easter was before the time of Christ? Secondly if People celebrate Easter because the death, burial, and ressurection of Jesus Christ, why is it usually fall two weeks after the passover, when it tells us Jesus Crusifixition happened during the days of the passover?
2007-01-02 15:51:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acts 12
1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4And 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.
Explain that then. Herod is a christian. Then why was he to kill Peter, hmmmmmmmmmmm...
2007-01-02 15:59:08 · update #1
While it is true that easter is of pagan orig and has nothing to do with jesus most people dont take the time to research holidays they just go along with the crowd like a mob or herd mentality and dont do their homework Real CHRISTIANS KNOW THE TRUTH AND DONT PARTICIPATE IN PAGAN HOLIDAYS GORBALIZER
2007-01-02 16:18:52 · answer #1 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
huh? Where does it say that Easter was before the time of Christ?
edit: Ahhh! I see! okay, it wasn't Easter as we celebrate it. What version of the BIble are you using? Our vernacular for the celebration today would be the Feast of Unleavened Bread (aka, Passover). Different than Christian Easter. Easter falls very close to Passover, because Jesus was crucified during the time of the Passover and rose three days later.
It doesn't make sense to say Herod was a Christian, because "Christian" comes from the Greek, Little Christ, meaning "follower of Christ's teachings." Herod, I think, was quite obviously not a Christian. This is a good example of how it is hard to translate Ancient Greek/Hebrew/Aramaic into modern day English.
2007-01-02 15:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by mountain_laurel1183 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Passover is a Jewish holiday, Jesus was a Jew, his family celebrated Passover. Passover is mentioned in the Bible, Easter is not. Jesus' followers during his lifetime were mostly Jews, and continued to observe Jewish practice. Paul was a Jew who did not meet Jesus, and Peter was the 'rock' on which Jesus said he would build his church. However, the tax collector Saul claimed a meeting with Jesus and became the more powerful builder of the early Christian church. It was Paul who began proselytizing non-Jews. Jesus welcomed everyone, but spoke to Jewish people, his people. Jesus was born in the spring - lambing season - but the Christian calender was designed to place Christian holidays in season to replace pagan/pre- Christian holidays, so that new followers would not fall away during celebrations. Easter is a form of Eostre, Esther, Star, Ishtar. The symbolism of eggs also precedes Christianity. Because of Paul (born Saul), Christianity became a syncretic religion, with elements added under the authority of divine revelation. My personal view is that Paul and Jesus were not teaching the same thing. I have never been a paulist.
2016-05-22 21:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by Audrey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was another Pagan Holiday hijacked to convert Pagans to the church. It was a fertility celebration of Spring and renewal at the Vernal Equinox in March. Thus the symbols of eggs and rabbits. The Goddess Ostara was honored.
Also the only day commanded for Xtains to celebrate was Christs' death. Not the resurrection.
2007-01-02 16:01:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
1) The Bible does NOT state anywhere that "Easter was before the time of Christ." Where did you even find such a silly statement?
2) The Passover is calculated separately between the Jews and the Catholics. The Passover always falls on the same week as Easter.
3) Easter is only called "Easter" in English and few other languages derived from that. In the vast majority of languages it is called "Resurrection Day" or other more Christ specific names. Thus, that old "Ishtar" argument is revealed as the joke it really is.
2007-01-02 15:54:59 · answer #5 · answered by Dysthymia 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hey i am Jewish and I know you are wrong Why do you want to pick on Christians Easter is one of their most important holidays That is not nice at all So what if Jesus' crucifixition happened at Passover don;t you know that the 2 holidays are at the same time
2007-01-02 16:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny, considering it's roots are from a pagan fertility holiday. People need to actually do some research for themselves about their own religion. Instead of listening to what others tell them of their religion and it's holidays. Come on, just about every "Christian" holiday's roots come from an older (and still practiced to this day in this country) Pagan holiday.
2007-01-02 16:03:03 · answer #7 · answered by Belisama 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, look. ANOTHER Christian holiday "just happened" to land on an already existing Jewish holiday! Wow! You think G-d might be trying to get the people to see that 'maybe' the Jews were on to something?!?!
Christians are so fixed in their minds that they are right, they wouldn't spot the truth if it smacked 'em upside the head.
2007-01-02 16:19:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most christians do not know that the celebration of the pagan Ishtar has been "christianized" to become Easter.
EVERY major holiday is the same, as is your entire calendar.
Who's REALLY taken over ?
2007-01-02 15:54:28 · answer #9 · answered by watcherd 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Easter was a Pagan festival in which the goddess of fertility, Eostre, was worshipped. From her name, we get words like "oestrus", and "estrogen".
Like Christmas, this pagan festival was appropriated and its meaning twisted to suit the purposes of Christians.
2007-01-02 15:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋