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I think this is important to know as background in order to really know the truth about why kjv says easter in Acts 12

Here is the background to consider:

Exodus 12:13-18
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
II Chronicles 8:13
II Chronicles 30:l5,21
Ezra 6:19,22

Thanks

Umm. If you really wanted to trace back the word Easter then you have to look on the Bible as the Final Authority. Easter in reference to East which we are pre-conditioned that the sun rises at the east. Christ, the Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings and the day dawn will shine, soon will arise in your hearts. Actually, we have also a more sure word of prophecy which will bring to light about the subject.

Mal_4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
2Pe_1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Consider if there is a true gospel, there is a false gospel, if there are true apostles of Christ, there are also false apostles etc. so that if Christ is the “day-star” then enter Astoreth/Astaroth the impersonator, The false, the fake one. Indeed the Bible has the answer.
Deu_1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ashtoreth
The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity (Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 12:10). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks (Jeremiah 44:17; 1 Kings 11:5, 33; 2 Kings 23:13). There was a temple of this goddess among the Philistines in the time of Saul (1 Samuel 31:10). Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol (1 Kings 11:33). Jezebel's 400 priests were probably employed in its service (1 Kings 18:19). It was called the "queen of heaven" (Jeremiah 44:25).
Herewith is a link who is Astarte/Astaroth etc. as an outside reference and hope this will settle Ostern, Easter Ishtar, Astarte, EAST Star etc. that there is really indeed genuine and a fake one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte

Consider also this:
In Tagalog, pasha, paska, pascha paques, passoever, easter etc. is equivalent to “pasko” and “pasko” can be used either “pasko ng kapanangakan” usually in reference to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ hence, the tagalog word “kapanangkan” in English is “birth” or “pasko ng pagkabuhay” which literally means the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it is fair to say that the translation must consider the context and which do not contradict itself.

Umm. If you really wanted to trace back the word Easter then you have to look on the Bible as the Final Authority. Easter in reference to East which we are pre-conditioned that the sun rises at the east. Christ, the Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings and the day dawn will shine, soon will arise in your hearts. Actually, we have also a more sure word of prophecy which will bring to light about the subject.

Mal_4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
2Pe_1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Consider if there is a true gospel, there is a false gospel, if there are true apostles of Christ, there are also false apostles etc. so that if Christ is the “day-star” then enter Astoreth/Astaroth the impersonator, The false, the fake one. Indeed the Bible has the answer.
Deu_1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ashtoreth
The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity (Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4; 12:10). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks (Jeremiah 44:17; 1 Kings 11:5, 33; 2 Kings 23:13). There was a temple of this goddess among the Philistines in the time of Saul (1 Samuel 31:10). Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol (1 Kings 11:33). Jezebel's 400 priests were probably employed in its service (1 Kings 18:19). It was called the "queen of heaven" (Jeremiah 44:25).
Herewith is a link who is Astarte/Astaroth etc. as an outside reference and hope this will settle Ostern, Easter Ishtar, Astarte, EAST Star etc. that there is really indeed genuine and a fake one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte

Consider also this:
In Tagalog, pasha, paska, pascha paques, passoever, easter etc. is equivalent to “pasko” and “pasko” can be used either “pasko ng kapanangakan” usually in reference to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ hence, the tagalog word “kapanangkan” in English is “birth” or “pasko ng pagkabuhay” which literally means the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. So it is fair to say that the translation must consider the context and which do not contradict itself.

Here's something interesting i heard a preacher point out yesterday:
Christ didn't rise on Passover. He offered Himself on Passover and rose on Firstfruits. So 'Easter' isn't a substitution for Passover at all but for Firstfruits.

Leviticus 23:9-14
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

This takes place on an 8th day, and is the day that Pentecost is counted from ((50 days from this offering - also an 8th day))

Please explain why you think Lev. is applicable from the OT /Old Covenant too the NT/New Covenant?

Seems to me you are saying that 'easter' is an imposter taking the place of passover.

I think history bears that out, and I agree.

All of which support the term, "Passover" rather than "Easter".

Umm not really. I’ve also been thinking of Easter as East as an etymological view. This is by far also true as OED gave or traces the root in cognate to the Sanskrit ursd dawn and in reference to the East. Sanskrit is an Indian language known to be the oldest member of Indo-European family. Biblically pertaining to the star in the east or the day dawn rising at the east. This speak of the Sun of righteousness, the Passover lamb (Christ) would have fulfilled the prophecy of his own resurrection. While, I am not discounting the fact of another Easter that would mean the fertility or birth by a goddess as seen its etymological roots in the bible in the name of Astaroth, Astoreth, Astarte, Istar, hence, Easter.

It is here also to note that the Hebrew pesach is without a doubt the Passover pertaining to the Hebrew people under the house passing over because of the blood and its equivalent Gk. Pascha is well translated by 28 other times but not on the passage under review. I believe, that after much careful deliberation, debates or thorough examination by the KJ translators concluded that the Gk. pascha be translated as Easter and not Passover which is the case.

The KJ Translators were known for their adherence to the scriptural authority in “comparing scriptures with scriptures” beside the considered full well the context in order to have the precision in rendering the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek in English word so that the Bible would not contradict itself.

The question, is it an error in the KJB to translate Gk pascha to easter? Certainly it’s a No. The Greek can be translated in the various ways in the English base on the context. Case in a point where the Greek word parakleetos is a Comforter but can also be translated as an advocate. So too with paska, pascha they can also be translated in the other way where it’s considered contextually base.

Biblically pertaining to the star in the east or the day dawn rising at the east. This speak of the Sun of righteousness, the Passover lamb (Christ) would have fulfilled the prophecy of his own resurrection.

This is from Wikipedia - I'd like to find first sources to be sure but can't put time towards it at the moment:

In Old English the form Pascan was used by Byrhtferth (c. 970 – c. 1020) and the form Pasches in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 1122

So, in the 10th-12th century according to this there was still no word 'easter' in English. English speaking peoples said 'pascha' or a variation of it transliterated.

The implication is that, as we saw in the Nicene council letter to Egypt, the church hadn't thought of what they had done as introduced a 'new' holy day. They were changing the days and times of passover.

The earliest record I've found so far of a wird other than pascha being used for this eostare feast is in 15th-16th century German Bibles. Among European languages, I've only seen easter or Oster in this later 'high German' and English after Tyndale - the wiki entry, if I can verify it, indicates that early English, through the 12th century, did not use any word form of eostare.

Any middle ages reference anyone else can find I am interested to see

The ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus attributes the observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of its custom, "just as many other customs have been established", stating that neither Jesus nor his Apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. Although he describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom, he insists the feast itself is universally observed.[46]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calendars


The first Christians, Jewish and Gentile, were certainly aware of the Hebrew calendar.[nb 4]Jewish Christians, the first to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, timed the observance in relation to Passover.

Direct evidence for a more fully formed Christian festival of Pascha (Easter) begins to appear in the mid-2nd century. Perhaps the earliest extant primary source referring to Easter is a mid-2nd-century Paschal homilyattributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a well-established one.[42] Evidence for another kind of annually recurring Christian festival, those commemorating the martyrs, began to appear at about the same time as the above homily.[43]

While martyrs' days (usually the individual dates of martyrdom) were celebrated on fixed dates in the local solar calendar, the date of Easter was fixed by means of the local Jewish[44] lunisolar calendar. This is consistent with the celebration of Easter having entered Christianity during its earliest, Jewish, period, but does not leave the question free of doubt.[45]

The ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus attributes the observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of its custom, "just as many other customs have been established", stating that neither Jesus nor his Apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. Although he describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom, he insists the feast itself is universally observed.[46]

Perhaps the earliest extant primary source referring to Easter is a mid-2nd-century Paschal homilyattributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a well-established one.[42]

Wikis footnote for this reference :

Melito of Sardis. "Homily on the Pascha". Kerux. Northwest Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 28 March2007

Notice that it's not called easter; it's called pascha. I've not seen evidence that the word appears in ecclesiastical reference before the 15th century.
We're talking about a change in the scriptural observation of passover per the change in time/date and the addition of many unbiblical human traditions directly connected to pagan practices concerning rites of spring and the Greek goddess Eos.

'easter' is not biblical. Pascha is. Christ did not fulfill the Astarte festival; He fulfills the paschal feasts.