Bible Question: My sincere thanks for your answer. Can you support your answer with either Scriptural or historical references? Generally, I sort of agree with you. Nowhere in the Bible are we commanded to remember the birth of Jesus (Christmas). But we are definitely commanded to remember his death and resurrection (Easter). However, this alone doesn't answer the questions, "Is Easter derived from a Pagan celebration? What is the historical origin of Easter?" Surely the Bible makes no mention of bunny rabbits, Easter eggs, Easter egg baskets and hunts, Ft. Lauderdale, chocolate candy, etc. |
Bible Answer: The tradition of bunny rabbits, easter eggs etc. is if pagan origin. But, we as christians are not supposed to celebrate of pagan "reasons". I'm sorry about the missunderstanding of your question - I'm swedish, and we have the word "påsk" for easter, and the hebrew word should be "pasha" or "pesha" - meaning "passing over". Even though, I don't think it's something wrong with celebrating either christmas or easter with eggs and candies - Read Colossians about celebrations of different days... |