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word Easter one time is not alone in using
the word Easter in an English Bible, and it is
not the first English Bible that ever
translated this Greek word as Easter.
William Tyndale was the first to use the
word Easter in the translation of an English
Bible. Now, think about this. In 1525, nearly
a hundred years before the King James
Bible was ever translated, William Tyndale
was the first person to take the English word
Easter and place it in the Word of God. In
his 1525 translation, William Tyndale has
the word Easter fourteen times. He has the
words Easter lamb eleven times and Easter
fest once and then the Paschall lamb three
times. What am I saying? Nearly a hundred
years before the King James Bible came into
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