Page 15 - Easter
P. 15
existence, William Tyndale used the word
Easter over and over in his English
translation, and since Tyndale, the term
Easter was commonly identified as the
celebration of Jesus Christ, that is, the
fulfillment of the Old Testament Passover.
That fulfillment took place in Jesus Christ.
William Tyndale used both the word
Passover and the word Easter in his
translation, and in 1 Corinthians 5:7, he said,
“For Christ our Easter lamb is offered up for
us.” Now, you ought to think about that. If
the word Easter in the King James Bible is a
pagan word or refers to some pagan
goddess, why is it that William Tyndale in his
translation calls Jesus Christ the Easter lamb
11
