The WORD Easter in the KJV is INCorrect!

A response to Kent Hovind and other KJV onlyists who insist that Easter is the only correct word to use in Acts 12:4

This is a response to http://youtu.be/hLFlHxottM8

3. Notice is taken of the time when Herod laid hold on Peter: Then were the days of unleavened bread. It was at the feast of the passover, when their celebrating the memorial of their typical deliverance should have led them to the acceptance of their spiritual deliverance; instead of this, they, under pretence of zeal for the law, were most violently fighting against it, and, in the days of unleavened bread, were most soured and embittered with the old leaven of malice and wickedness. At the passover, when the Jews came from all parts to Jerusalem to keep the feast, they irritated one another against the Christians and Christianity, and were then more violent than at other times. 4. Here is an account of Peter's imprisonment (v. 4): When he had laid hands on him, and, it is likely, examined him, he put him in prison, into the inner prison; some say, into the same prison into which he and the other apostles were cast some years before, and were rescued out of it by an angel, ch. v. 18. He was delivered to four quaternions of soldiers, that is, to sixteen, who were to be a guard upon him, four at a time, that he should not make his escape, nor be rescued by his friends. Thus they thought they had him fast. 5. Herod's design was, after Easter, to bring him forth unto the people. (1.) He would make a spectacle of him. Probably he had put James to death privately, which the people had complained of, not because it was an unjust thing to put a man to death without giving him a public hearing, but because it deprived them of the satisfaction of seeing him executed; and therefore Herod, now he knows their minds, will gratify them with the sight of Peter in bonds, of Peter upon the block, that they may feed their eyes with such a pleasing spectacle. And very ambitious surely he was to please the people who was willing thus to please them! (2.) He would do this after Easter, meta to pascha—after the passover, certainly so it ought to be read, for it is the same word that is always so rendered; and to insinuate the introducing of a gospel-feast, instead of the passover, when we have nothing in the New Testament of such a thing, is to mingle Judaism with our Christianity. Herod would not condemn him till the passover was over, some think, for fear lest he should have such an interest among the people that they should demand the release of him, according to the custom of the feast: or, after the hurry of the feast was over, and the town was empty, he would entertain them with Peter's public trial and execution. Thus was the plot laid, and both Herod and the people long to have the feast over, that they may gratify themselves with this barbarous entertainment.

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[macpduff]

Churches and Christians who use the word 'Easter' and not 'pasha' or 'passover', harm themselves because they loose the connection to what Christ's sacrifice and Resurrection means.

The words Pashal or Passover keep us grounded in the core doctrines of the Christian Faith.

Unfortunately I was raised and spent my life in churches that use 'Easter".

That word is pagan and has nothing to do with God's perfect sacrifice and our redemption out of spiritual Egypt.

The word Easter actually harms

[TheotherPrometheus]

@macpduff I agree.  I use Resurrection Day as often as I can.

[ishellreal]

Good video! I posted a paper on Facebook also refuting this argument of Easter. Haven't had the time to make a video yet, probably should have done it by now.

[TheotherPrometheus]

@ishellreal Thank you.

I wouldn't have bothered with this, but the person who had the original video reposted on his channel deleted my comment that proved the Easter position wrong. When I asked why, he deleted that, and when I replied to another person's comment, he deleted that too.

It's obvious that he couldn't handle a little opposition

[gregrutz]

Kent is wrong about Science, it does not surprise me he is wrong about the bible too.

[macpduff]

I think that using a pagan word like easter and making up a new term like Passover, was based on political reasons.

I think that the English Protestants out of their fear and rebellion against the Latin and Greek Churches,- as well as their hatred of Judaism,- were desperate to use different words.

Even if those words were made up and/or pagan.

Rebellion and emotions led to the discussion we have today in the Protestant world .