2007-04-12 08:15:22 · 11 answers · asked by mh18 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i would think it's because they are recognizing the same thing - the coming of spring! oh wait, that's the pagan origins slipping out
2007-04-12 08:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you go back to the passages relating the story of the crucifixion, you will notice that Jesus was "in town" for the Passover, a Jewish celebration of their freedom for Egyptian rule.
Another person's answer already related the part about Passover sacrifices, and how Jesus was the final sacrifice. How appropriate that these things happened together, then!
After Jesus rose, Christians began to celebrate anniversaries of that event as a holiday, which eventually came to be known as Easter.
The two holidays are linked due to the sequence of events that happened.
2007-04-12 15:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by Barry F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passover, the holiday commemorating the Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt, lasts seven days in Israel and among Reform Jews, and eight days elsewhere around the world. It begins on the 15th day of Nisan, which is the seventh month in the Jewish calendar. It ends on the 21st of Nisan in Israel (and for Reform Jews) and on the 22nd of Nisan elsewhere.
Easter is calculated as the first Sunday after the paschal full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox. If the full moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is the following Sunday. The holiday can occur anywhere between March 22 and April 25.
2007-04-12 15:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was crucified at the time of Passover, that's why.
The Passover with the Disciples
Mark.14:12: And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
2007-04-12 15:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by Cherry 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Passover is the same time every year on the Jewish calendar, Easter mimics it by being put as close as it can to Passover on the secular calendar.
2007-04-12 15:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Jesus fulfilled what the passover foreshadowed.
On the Passover, a lamb was slaughtered so that the Jewish people would be spared from the angel of death coming to rescue the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
On Good Friday, Jesus was slaughtered (sacrificed) for the sins of mankind, and on Easter he rose from the dead. We are freed from our slavery to sin just like the Jews were freed from their slavery to Pharaoh so long ago.
2007-04-12 15:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because the Last Supper, the day Jesus was arrested, was a Passover Seder.
2007-04-12 15:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe if you read the Bible you will see the answer for yourself. From a historical perspective, Jesus died and was resurrected very close to if not actually during the passover.
2007-04-12 15:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because Jesus is the Pascal Lamb.
2007-04-12 15:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because Jesus' blood saved us from eternal death, just as the Jews were passed over and their homes saved, so are those, who accept Jesus as their Savior. He spilled his blood for us.
The price for our sin was paid when Jesus died and rose again, thus new life.
2007-04-12 15:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by northville 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋