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What are the origins of Easter?



    
    

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Mini Shirley Horton Supporter
To start with...easter is simply pagan. Yeshua was not resurrected on easter.. Yeshua Himself said as Jonah was 3 days AND 3 nights in the belly of the great fish, so would He be in the ground 3 days and 3 nights. Yahweh Himself said a day is 12 hours and a night is 12 hours. So 3 days and 3 nights equal a total of 72 hours. Yeshua was crucified on a Wednesday and rose right before the Sabbath ended. Just before sunset on Saturday. Good Friday should really be Good Wednesday.

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Shea S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries
The origins of Easter are rooted in European traditions. The name Easter comes from a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Eu...

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