Acts 12:4 - Easter

Acts 4:4

12:4

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.

Strong's:
Greek: 3957

pascha, pas'-khah; of Aramaic origin [compare OT:6453]; the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it):

KJV - Easter, Passover.

Bullenger:

Easter. Gr. to pascha, the Passover. Easter is a heathen term, derived from the Saxon goddess Eastre, the same as Astarte, the Syrian Venus, called Ashtoreth in the O.T.

from the Companion Bible, Bullenger.

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