Origin of Easter and Its Customs

The word, Easter, is only mentioned once in the King James Version of our Bible, (in Acts 12:4) and this is an incorrect translation of the original Greek. In the Revised Version and also in the new Revised Standard Version the word, “Passover,” is used instead of Easter, which is the correct rendering of the text. Also in the Holland translation the word, Pascha, meaning passover, is used. There is a significant link between the Jewish Passover and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus because...