[fidelis]

Funny thing I can’t find Easter or Easter eggs in my version of the Bible.

"Easter eggs" are not of course, because they are just a fairly recently made-up tradition for kids.

"Easter" is definitely in the Bible, as it is the day Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. The early Christians thereafter met on that day of the week weekly in commemoration of that day.

Of course the word "Easter" is not in the Bible--it is simply what the day is called in the English speaking world because it is from the Old English, "Oester," which means "April," which is the month it usually falls in. In most of the rest of the world it is called some variation of "Pascha" which means "passover."

[Jamestown1630]

Easter eggs are not a ‘fairly recently made-up tradition for kids’.

As a symbol of rebirth, they go way back to the early Christians, and even before.

[Liz]

CADBURY TOLL FREE PHONE
1800 468 1714

MAIL
Cadbury Consumer Advisory Service,
PO Box 1673,
Melbourne
VIC. 3001
AUSTRALIA

[Liz]

CADBURY TOLL FREE PHONE
1800 468 1714

MAIL
Cadbury Consumer Advisory Service,
PO Box 1673,
Melbourne
VIC. 3001
AUSTRALIA

[SaveFerris]

Thanks

[BipolarBob]

The English word Easter, which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. One view, expounded by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, was that it derived from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility.

Easter, Easter eggs and bunnies are all pagan symbols that preceded Jesus' day on the cross. My Bible says Passover and so I'll go with what Gods Word says rather than pagan traditions.

[metmom]

"Easter eggs" are not of course, because they are just a fairly recently made-up tradition for kids.

Guess again.

Read and learn.

Ukrainian Easter Eggs

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/harrison-church-keeping-ukrainian-easter-egg-tradition-alive/

[Verginius Rufus]

There are some exceptions. In German it's Ostern. The Polish and Czech names appear to mean "big night" and the Bulgarian "big day." The Serbian and Croatian term Uskrs is related to the verb meaning "to resurrect."

English "Lent" for the 40 days of fasting before Easter is also of non-Christian origin. It originally meant "spring" as the Dutch "lente" still does--related to words like "long" and "lengthen" (it's the time of year when the days are getting longer--at least in the Northern Hemisphere).