Page 27 - Easter

So what about the word Easter in Acts

12:4 being the correct translation but the

word Easter is referring to a pagan festival

celebration that occurred around the same

time of Passover and it was celebrated, they

say, by Herod? Well, first of all, there is no

scriptural or historical evidence to back that

up. There is no evidence from archeology.

There are no records. It is all based upon

speculation. Who was the first person to

ever come up with this idea to begin with?

I'll give you some thoughts on that in a

moment, but let's take three areas under the

teaching that Easter is a correct translation

but Easter was a pagan holiday. Let’s

consider three things under this teaching:

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