Thank you so much. I found the Tyndale Bible on line and found that he used ester most of the time instead of passover just like you said. Awesome work!
I love how many people have these Aha!, mic drop moments, which they think are so important, only for Dan to explain to them, plainly and calmly why they are just wrong.
I agree, that is a neat story. Passoover, compassion, "skipping over," at the end of the day, the lesson s far more important than the word. God protects and has mercy over those who identify as his.
Why in Acts 12:4 does it read, "And 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." Clearly in verse 3 they were in the "days of unleavened bread". Acts 12:3, "And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)" What could the word have been referring to whether Easter or pesach when we know that the Passover came before the feast of unleavened bread on Abib 14 and the feast of unleavened bread started on Abib15?
Really interesting as always. Why they invented words instead using at least the phonetic word like"pesaj" or something the like. They also change most personal names. Why they did that? We have now millions called Mary when that name never existed in the Bible? Or the word "church" that is costing lots of troubles even today? Hollywood didn't change the name of RAMBO to every language when they premiere the movie. Is there a way to fix that now? Thanks for your videos!
I assume translation practices of the time presumed that a translation MUST include words that are relevant to the new language unless they are proper names. Why? I can speculate but I’m not a biblical scholar, I wonder if it was to seem more universal.
So what does the word actually mean? Does it actually mean "pass over"? Pass over what? Since it occurs around the time of the Vernal Equinox a plausible explanation is that it literally means the Sun is passing over the Equator on its way south. This fits nicely with the idea that all deities ultimately resolve into the Sun.
Easter /ˈiːstə/ noun noun: Easter; plural noun: Easters the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox. the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Origin Old English ēastre ; of Germanic origin and related to German Ostern and east; perhaps from Ēastre, the name of a goddess associated with spring Easter (n.) Old English _Easterdæg_ , from _Eastre_ (Northumbrian _Eostre_ ), from Proto-Germanic _ * austron-,_ "dawn," also the name of a goddess of fertility and spring, perhaps originally of sunrise, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *aust- "east, toward the sunrise" (compare *east* ), from PIE root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn. Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of Latin Pascha to name this holiday (see *paschal* ). *_Easter egg_* is attested by 1825, earlier _pace egg_ (1610s). *_Easter bunny_* is attested by 1904 in children's lessons; _Easter rabbit_ is by 1888; the paganish customs of Easter seem to have grown popular c. 1900; before that they were limited to German immigrants. _If the children have no garden, they make nests in the wood-shed, barn, or house. They gather colored flowers for the rabbit to eat, that it may lay colored eggs. If there be a garden, the eggs are hidden singly in the green grass, box-wood, or elsewhere. On Easter Sunday morning they whistle for the rabbit, and the children imagine that they see him jump the fence. After church, on Easter Sunday morning, they hunt the eggs, and in the afternoon the boys go out in the meadows and crack eggs or play with them like marbles. Or sometimes children are invited to a neighbor's to hunt eggs. [Phebe Earle Gibbons, "Pennsylvania Dutch," Philadelphia, 1882]_
it mightve been a Anglo-Saxon heathen spring festival, in the same way that sometimes the Christmas season (the Christian name) is called Yule or Yuletide (the heathen name for the winter solstice). In other languages where Christianity was adopted earlier or more thoroughly, Easter is always Pascha (or Resurrection Sunday) and Christmas is always The Nativity
@@notanemoprog Think of it like Christmas - nobody in the bible knew about the Christmas holiday - there just wasn't one yet. The word "Easter" wasn't created until there were a bunch of people regularly having this particular party and they needed something to call it.
We all do what this creater did. We come across an inconsistency and fill in the gap with our limited knowledge. It makes sense to us so we run with it.
Passover is Easter here because the days of unleavened bread are after p-over. Bringing him before the people after the day he was already arrested after doesn't make sense. Days of unleavened bread are not passover.
Passover happens, then the next day the feast starts. And the feast is directly related to Passover. It literally wouldn't exist if not for the Passover narrative in the Hebrew Bible. An obvious meaning would be that he was arrested at the time when these things related to Passover are going on and when they are done Peter will be brought forth.
Acts 12:1-4 Authorized (King James) Version "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And 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." Easter is a pagan festival which Herod Anti-pass observed because he was a pagan Edomite having succeeded his father Herod the Great, also a pagan Edomite who was installed as a puppet King by the Romans. "Then were the days of unleavened bread." Herod ceased Peter during the feast of unleavened bread. The days of unleavened are 7 days immediately following Passover. Easter was celebrated (by Herod) immediately after the days of unleavened bread. If Passover is the correct translation, then it must be inferred that Herod intended to keep Peter in prison for a year until the next Passover (which had just past). Based on the context that interpretation is not tenable. Easter is the correct translation.
Easter has absolutely no relationship whatsoever to Ishtar & there is no goddess of any kind anywhere in the ancient world that associated rabbits and eggs. Both are uniquely Christian innovations from the Middle Ages that became established as Easter traditions in the 19th century. Easter is a Christian adaptation of the Passover and has nothing to do with any pagan celebrations.
@@RomanPaganChurch Not lying at all. There are absolutely no ancient connections whatsoever between Oestre and eggs, rabbits, or birds. The connections that are thought to exist were all made up in the 19th century, and primarily by Grimm. We know absolutely nothing at all about how Oestre was worshipped or celebrated. All we know is that the Germanic title Easter was taken from the name of the month in which it was celebrated, and that that month was named after Oestre, who seems to have been a Germanic goddess of the spring.
@@RomanPaganChurch It absolutely is. Easter comes at the end of Lent, which is a fast from certain foods. Because eggs tend to keep a lot longer than meets and cheeses, people frequently had eggs around to break the Lenten fast. It became customary in the Medieval period (starting with royalty) to exchange eggs that were painted colors associated with Jesus (red for Jesus' blood, yellow for joy, green for rebirth, etc.) at Easter, and around the 19th century, painting eggs and doing games with them had become established in many places as a traditional Easter activity. There is absolutely no association in the ancient world between eggs and rabbits and Oestre (or any other potential pagan source for Easter). Similarly, the association with rabbits grew out of the close association within Medieval Europe of hares with Mary and with virgin birth, since European Brown Hares can become pregnant with a second litter while they're still pregnant with a first. Folks noticed they could give birth far too shortly after a previous litter to have gone through the whole gestational process, so they associated them with parthenogenesis, or virgin birth. Check out medieval depictions of Mary that will frequently features hares. Because of the associations of birth, resurrection, and the spring, rabbits slowly became more closely associated with Easter, and by the 19th century (again), rabbits were a part of traditional Easter activities in many places.
@@maklelan This is nonsense. You are desperately trying to prove that Christianity is a stand alone religion, and therefore "true", that has no connection to pre-existing belief systems. That can't possibly be the case. You keep saying "there is no data". So what. Just because you can't find any written documentation doesn't mean the connections don't exist. Your explanation of the hares having double pregnancies being the origin of the virgin birth myth is pure speculation with no "data" to support it at all. Clearly the multiple births are a symbol of the fertility of spring, rabbits and hares being known for high fecundity, and so are the eggs. Why is that so hard to grasp? Passover, aka Easter, occurs around the time of the Spring Equinox heralding the beginning of Spring in the Northern hemisphere. It's futile to try to argue against this. A child can see the obvious connection. And while Easter may be "named after the month in which it occurs" rather than the Pagan goddess (This just seems semantics to me. The month is named for the goddess so Easter is named for the goddess) doesn't explain why it occurs in that particular month. The obvious explanation is that is the month of the Spring Equinox. That's obviously not a coincidence. If Passover means the Sun is"passing over " the Equator at the Spring Equinox, which it is, then it all makes sense, and so do the rabbits/hares and eggs. Nothing to do with having excess eggs lying around after Lent. And the best explanation I've seen for the "virgin birth" is the Sun rising into the constellation Virgo at the Winter Solstice 7000 years ago when this mythology originated. There may be no "data" to support this but it is entirely plausible and makes far more sense than hares. I suspect the "three days in the tomb" may have something to do with the Sun standing still for three days at the Solstice, but since the resurrection is at the Equinox that can't be the entire explanation. Incidentally, the two thieves between whom Jesus was crucified are said to be the two constellations either side of Virgo, the "death of the firstborn" refers to the extinguishing of the stars with the rising sun, the "crucifixion" is the intersection of the plane of the elliptic (the path followed by the Sun through the Zodiac) with the celestial equator (the Earth's equator projected into the heavens), forming a cross in the sky at the Equinox, very visible in a planetarium. The Three Kings are the three stars in Orion's Belt (that's actually what the stars are called) pointing at Sirius, the brightest star in the East. So it all makes sense that everything is related to the heavens. "As above so below."
Virtually all the evidence points to Easter being a fertility god. It's an idol of pagans. Easter has zero connection with the Jewish passover began around 2500 BC which which is named in Acts 12:4. "Easter" is clearly an error in Acts 12:4. Even if Easter were not a god, it still doesn't exist in the Greek New Testament.
Sorry, but I'm not buying into "transliteration" explanation. We all know it's Passover, because Luke 22:1, which is also Greek, has no problem using Pascha as Passover, equating it to "the feast of unleavened bread". First, Luke 22:1 clearly indicates that BOTH Passover AND the Feast of Unleavened Bread is indeed the SAME FEAST. They both begin ON THE SAME DAY, and end ON THE SAME DAY...which is...THE 15th, NOT the 14th. But the 15th Day begins "ON" the 14th "AT" sunset. Leviticus 23:5-8 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: SEVEN DAYS ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Exodus 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. To further explain this 15th (instead of the 14th): Leviticus 23:27-32 27 Also on the... tenth day of this seventh month... there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest... , and ye shall afflict your souls:... in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. When is the Day of Atonement? The 10th Day of the Seventh Month. When does this begin? ON the 9th Day AT sunset. Verse 32 is discussing the 10th day, not the 9th day. Carefully review the wording in verse 32. Pay attention to the words, “AT” and “ON”. On the ninth day indicates that sunset OF the ninth day has not taken place yet, which is why the word “AT” is used. As soon as the word “AT” is used, in conjunction with the word “EVEN (evening, sunset)”, it is no longer the ninth day, but the tenth day. The way that the Herbert W Armstrong clan does it, is that they think that the sunset is discussing the ninth day, instead of the tenth, because this is how they determine when Passover begins. They think that Passover begins on the 14th instead of the 15th. So if the 10th Day of the Month begins “ON” the ninth day “AT” evening, we can conclude that the 15th Day of the first month begins “ON” the 14th day of the first month “AT” evening. Lets see this one on top of the other. 10th Day Begins “ON” the 9th Day “AT” sunset. 15th Day Begins “ON” the 14th Day “AT” sunset. Let’s reverse that: “ON” the 9th day “AT” sunset begins the 10th day. “ON” the 14th day “AT” sunset begins the 15th day. OK, so, based on Luke 22:1, both Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread is the same feast, and can be considered "interchangeable" words. But that's not all... I'm not even going to concern myself with the word Pascha or Easter, but I will say that Easter is correct, but why? I don't care if it's a pagan word, or not. That's not my concern. Before we get to that, it's NOT Easter that is of concern. It's the word "after", as in "AFTER EASTER". That word, "after", is of extreme importance. Our English definition of "after" is LACKING, big time, and it is NOT the same definition of other Greek words used for "after", in what we think that the definition should be. But in this case, the definition is "amid", or "in the midst of". So, it is "in the midst of Passover". Why is that important when discussing the word "Easter"? What were the Apostles preaching as part of the Good News? That Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd Day of Passover, aka, the feast of unleavened bread. And killing the apostles ON THAT PARTICULAR ANNIVERSARY DAY would definately PLEASE THE JEWS. To conclude, Easter is not my concern. "After Passover" is, or, "in the midst of the feast of unleavened bread (Passover)" is the issue.
A transliteration would have made so much more sense than using Easter... Very confusing, but great explanation.
Thank you so much. I found the Tyndale Bible on line and found that he used ester most of the time instead of passover just like you said. Awesome work!
Super interesting as always!
I love how many people have these Aha!, mic drop moments, which they think are so important, only for Dan to explain to them, plainly and calmly why they are just wrong.
I agree, that is a neat story. Passoover, compassion, "skipping over," at the end of the day, the lesson s far more important than the word. God protects and has mercy over those who identify as his.
Yes, it is a neat story.
I learned something today. Thank teacher D-Mc-C.
Why in Acts 12:4 does it read,
"And 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."
Clearly in verse 3 they were in the "days of unleavened bread". Acts 12:3,
"And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)"
What could the word have been referring to whether Easter or pesach when we know that the Passover came before the feast of unleavened bread on Abib 14 and the feast of unleavened bread started on Abib15?
The days of unleavened bread is the Passover: Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Really interesting as always. Why they invented words instead using at least the phonetic word like"pesaj" or something the like. They also change most personal names. Why they did that? We have now millions called Mary when that name never existed in the Bible? Or the word "church" that is costing lots of troubles even today? Hollywood didn't change the name of RAMBO to every language when they premiere the movie. Is there a way to fix that now? Thanks for your videos!
I assume translation practices of the time presumed that a translation MUST include words that are relevant to the new language unless they are proper names. Why? I can speculate but I’m not a biblical scholar, I wonder if it was to seem more universal.
So what does the word actually mean? Does it actually mean "pass over"? Pass over what? Since it occurs around the time of the Vernal Equinox a plausible explanation is that it literally means the Sun is passing over the Equator on its way south. This fits nicely with the idea that all deities ultimately resolve into the Sun.
The days of unleavened bread is the Passover: Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Interesting stuff. Would love you to spend more time with “cool stuff about the Bible and translations” rather than just responding to people.
So what does Easter refer to originally?
Easter
/ˈiːstə/
noun
noun: Easter; plural noun: Easters
the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.
the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
Origin
Old English ēastre ; of Germanic origin and related to German Ostern and east; perhaps from Ēastre, the name of a goddess associated with spring
Easter (n.)
Old English _Easterdæg_ , from _Eastre_ (Northumbrian _Eostre_ ), from Proto-Germanic _ * austron-,_ "dawn," also the name of a goddess of fertility and spring, perhaps originally of sunrise, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *aust- "east, toward the sunrise" (compare *east* ), from PIE root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn.
Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of Latin Pascha to name this holiday (see *paschal* ).
*_Easter egg_* is attested by 1825, earlier _pace egg_ (1610s). *_Easter bunny_* is attested by 1904 in children's lessons; _Easter rabbit_ is by 1888; the paganish customs of Easter seem to have grown popular c. 1900; before that they were limited to German immigrants.
_If the children have no garden, they make nests in the wood-shed, barn, or house. They gather colored flowers for the rabbit to eat, that it may lay colored eggs. If there be a garden, the eggs are hidden singly in the green grass, box-wood, or elsewhere. On Easter Sunday morning they whistle for the rabbit, and the children imagine that they see him jump the fence. After church, on Easter Sunday morning, they hunt the eggs, and in the afternoon the boys go out in the meadows and crack eggs or play with them like marbles. Or sometimes children are invited to a neighbor's to hunt eggs. [Phebe Earle Gibbons, "Pennsylvania Dutch," Philadelphia, 1882]_
it mightve been a Anglo-Saxon heathen spring festival, in the same way that sometimes the Christmas season (the Christian name) is called Yule or Yuletide (the heathen name for the winter solstice).
In other languages where Christianity was adopted earlier or more thoroughly, Easter is always Pascha (or Resurrection Sunday) and Christmas is always The Nativity
I think the point is that "Passover"
@@notanemoprog Think of it like Christmas - nobody in the bible knew about the Christmas holiday - there just wasn't one yet. The word "Easter" wasn't created until there were a bunch of people regularly having this particular party and they needed something to call it.
We all do what this creater did. We come across an inconsistency and fill in the gap with our limited knowledge. It makes sense to us so we run with it.
A German word is not a transliteration of Greek vernacular.
tyndale 1526 use easter in all new testament never changed it
Passover is Easter here because the days of unleavened bread are after p-over. Bringing him before the people after the day he was already arrested after doesn't make sense. Days of unleavened bread are not passover.
Passover happens, then the next day the feast starts. And the feast is directly related to Passover. It literally wouldn't exist if not for the Passover narrative in the Hebrew Bible. An obvious meaning would be that he was arrested at the time when these things related to Passover are going on and when they are done Peter will be brought forth.
Acts 12:1-4 Authorized (King James) Version "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And 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."
Easter is a pagan festival which Herod Anti-pass observed because he was a pagan Edomite having succeeded his father Herod the Great, also a pagan Edomite who was installed as a puppet King by the Romans.
"Then were the days of unleavened bread." Herod ceased Peter during the feast of unleavened bread. The days of unleavened are 7 days immediately following Passover. Easter was celebrated (by Herod) immediately after the days of unleavened bread.
If Passover is the correct translation, then it must be inferred that Herod intended to keep Peter in prison for a year until the next Passover (which had just past).
Based on the context that interpretation is not tenable.
Easter is the correct translation.
brilliant
Easter/Ishtar fertility "goddess" so when has any rabbits ever laid eggs 🥚?
Easter never has anything to do with The Messiah.
Easter has absolutely no relationship whatsoever to Ishtar & there is no goddess of any kind anywhere in the ancient world that associated rabbits and eggs. Both are uniquely Christian innovations from the Middle Ages that became established as Easter traditions in the 19th century. Easter is a Christian adaptation of the Passover and has nothing to do with any pagan celebrations.
@@RomanPaganChurch Not lying at all. There are absolutely no ancient connections whatsoever between Oestre and eggs, rabbits, or birds. The connections that are thought to exist were all made up in the 19th century, and primarily by Grimm. We know absolutely nothing at all about how Oestre was worshipped or celebrated. All we know is that the Germanic title Easter was taken from the name of the month in which it was celebrated, and that that month was named after Oestre, who seems to have been a Germanic goddess of the spring.
@@RomanPaganChurch It absolutely is. Easter comes at the end of Lent, which is a fast from certain foods. Because eggs tend to keep a lot longer than meets and cheeses, people frequently had eggs around to break the Lenten fast. It became customary in the Medieval period (starting with royalty) to exchange eggs that were painted colors associated with Jesus (red for Jesus' blood, yellow for joy, green for rebirth, etc.) at Easter, and around the 19th century, painting eggs and doing games with them had become established in many places as a traditional Easter activity. There is absolutely no association in the ancient world between eggs and rabbits and Oestre (or any other potential pagan source for Easter). Similarly, the association with rabbits grew out of the close association within Medieval Europe of hares with Mary and with virgin birth, since European Brown Hares can become pregnant with a second litter while they're still pregnant with a first. Folks noticed they could give birth far too shortly after a previous litter to have gone through the whole gestational process, so they associated them with parthenogenesis, or virgin birth. Check out medieval depictions of Mary that will frequently features hares. Because of the associations of birth, resurrection, and the spring, rabbits slowly became more closely associated with Easter, and by the 19th century (again), rabbits were a part of traditional Easter activities in many places.
@@maklelan This is nonsense. You are desperately trying to prove that Christianity is a stand alone religion, and therefore "true", that has no connection to pre-existing belief systems. That can't possibly be the case. You keep saying "there is no data". So what. Just because you can't find any written documentation doesn't mean the connections don't exist. Your explanation of the hares having double pregnancies being the origin of the virgin birth myth is pure speculation with no "data" to support it at all. Clearly the multiple births are a symbol of the fertility of spring, rabbits and hares being known for high fecundity, and so are the eggs. Why is that so hard to grasp? Passover, aka Easter, occurs around the time of the Spring Equinox heralding the beginning of Spring in the Northern hemisphere. It's futile to try to argue against this. A child can see the obvious connection. And while Easter may be "named after the month in which it occurs" rather than the Pagan goddess (This just seems semantics to me. The month is named for the goddess so Easter is named for the goddess) doesn't explain why it occurs in that particular month. The obvious explanation is that is the month of the Spring Equinox. That's obviously not a coincidence. If Passover means the Sun is"passing over " the Equator at the Spring Equinox, which it is, then it all makes sense, and so do the rabbits/hares and eggs. Nothing to do with having excess eggs lying around after Lent. And the best explanation I've seen for the "virgin birth" is the Sun rising into the constellation Virgo at the Winter Solstice 7000 years ago when this mythology originated. There may be no "data" to support this but it is entirely plausible and makes far more sense than hares. I suspect the "three days in the tomb" may have something to do with the Sun standing still for three days at the Solstice, but since the resurrection is at the Equinox that can't be the entire explanation. Incidentally, the two thieves between whom Jesus was crucified are said to be the two constellations either side of Virgo, the "death of the firstborn" refers to the extinguishing of the stars with the rising sun, the "crucifixion" is the intersection of the plane of the elliptic (the path followed by the Sun through the Zodiac) with the celestial equator (the Earth's equator projected into the heavens), forming a cross in the sky at the Equinox, very visible in a planetarium. The Three Kings are the three stars in Orion's Belt (that's actually what the stars are called) pointing at Sirius, the brightest star in the East. So it all makes sense that everything is related to the heavens. "As above so below."
Virtually all the evidence points to Easter being a fertility god. It's an idol of pagans. Easter has zero connection with the Jewish passover began around 2500 BC which which is named in Acts 12:4. "Easter" is clearly an error in Acts 12:4. Even if Easter were not a god, it still doesn't exist in the Greek New Testament.
Nah could of just kept it Passover
Sorry, but I'm not buying into "transliteration" explanation. We all know it's Passover, because Luke 22:1, which is also Greek, has no problem using Pascha as Passover, equating it to "the feast of unleavened bread".
First, Luke 22:1 clearly indicates that BOTH Passover AND the Feast of Unleavened Bread is indeed the SAME FEAST. They both begin ON THE SAME DAY, and end ON THE SAME DAY...which is...THE 15th, NOT the 14th. But the 15th Day begins "ON" the 14th "AT" sunset.
Leviticus 23:5-8
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: SEVEN DAYS ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Exodus 12:18
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
To further explain this 15th (instead of the 14th):
Leviticus 23:27-32
27 Also on the...
tenth day of this seventh month...
there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest...
, and ye shall afflict your souls:...
in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
When is the Day of Atonement?
The 10th Day of the Seventh Month.
When does this begin?
ON the 9th Day AT sunset.
Verse 32 is discussing the 10th day, not the 9th day. Carefully review the wording in verse 32. Pay attention to the words, “AT” and “ON”. On the ninth day indicates that sunset OF the ninth day has not taken place yet, which is why the word “AT” is used. As soon as the word “AT” is used, in conjunction with the word “EVEN (evening, sunset)”, it is no longer the ninth day, but the tenth day. The way that the Herbert W Armstrong clan does it, is that they think that the sunset is discussing the ninth day, instead of the tenth, because this is how they determine when Passover begins. They think that Passover begins on the 14th instead of the 15th.
So if the 10th Day of the Month begins “ON” the ninth day “AT” evening, we can conclude that the 15th Day of the first month begins “ON” the 14th day of the first month “AT” evening. Lets see this one on top of the other.
10th Day Begins “ON” the 9th Day “AT” sunset.
15th Day Begins “ON” the 14th Day “AT” sunset.
Let’s reverse that:
“ON” the 9th day “AT” sunset begins the 10th day.
“ON” the 14th day “AT” sunset begins the 15th day.
OK, so, based on Luke 22:1, both Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread is the same feast, and can be considered "interchangeable" words.
But that's not all...
I'm not even going to concern myself with the word Pascha or Easter, but I will say that Easter is correct, but why? I don't care if it's a pagan word, or not. That's not my concern.
Before we get to that, it's NOT Easter that is of concern. It's the word "after", as in "AFTER EASTER".
That word, "after", is of extreme importance. Our English definition of "after" is LACKING, big time, and it is NOT the same definition of other Greek words used for "after", in what we think that the definition should be.
But in this case, the definition is "amid", or "in the midst of". So, it is "in the midst of Passover".
Why is that important when discussing the word "Easter"?
What were the Apostles preaching as part of the Good News? That Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd Day of Passover, aka, the feast of unleavened bread. And killing the apostles ON THAT PARTICULAR ANNIVERSARY DAY would definately PLEASE THE JEWS.
To conclude, Easter is not my concern. "After Passover" is, or, "in the midst of the feast of unleavened bread (Passover)" is the issue.
Easter isn't passover