3547 — Bible Proof for Easter
By Editor
Please explain where the various sects get the Bible proof or instruction for what they call Easter, Easter services; also where in the Bible can we find the word "Easter" outside of Acts 12:4? The word "Easter" is not found in the Bible at all save in Acts 12:4. It ought not to be there. The original word is "Passover," and so it ought to be rendered. All scholars admit this. See the Revised Version. There is no Scripture whatever for Easter services. The word "Easter" itself is from the old Saxon goddess Easter, or Eostre, a pagan goddess worshiped by our ancestors in the spring of the year. An apostate church endeavored to unite the heathen feast with the day which some were keeping in honor of Christ's resurrection; but our Lord never gave any day in honor of His resurrection to be observed either weekly or yearly. It is purely gratuitous on man's part, and must fall under the condemnation of these words of our Saviour, "Every plant, which My heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up." Will our correspondent take hold of these truths for himself, have all charity toward those who are doing wrong, and do all in his power to lead them to the better memorial of Christ's resurrection — the renewed, regenerated life in Christ Jesus?