Easter, Really?! part 4

Well, as soon as you go against the KJV grain, feathers get ruffled.

The Bible says, "Study to show yourself approved unto God..." http://bible.us/2Tim2.15.KJV

That's what I'm doing.

The internet, or the "INFORMATION super highway" has removed the last of the excuses for people to remain in ignorance.

God doesn't want us ignorant, but http://bible.us/1Cor14.38.KJV

I used to be the same way, and very zealous about it. If you pursue knowledge,

"Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;"  (Proverbs 22:17 NASB) 

"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding."  (Proverbs 4:7 NASB)

I guess one of the verses that jumps out in reference to the whole "easter" thing is this - 

"Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led."  (1 Corinthians 12:2 KJV)

Dumb idols...

rabbits, laying eggs?

colored eggs?

chocolate rabbits?

dumb idols...

or,

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray... (1 Corinthians 12:2 NASB)

Ya, but we're not pagans anymore, are we?

In closing, this is what I'm trying to say:

"But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, " (1 Timothy 4:1 NASB)

"In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following. But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; "(1 Timothy 4:6-7 NASB)

"For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Prescribe and teach these things. " (1 Timothy 4:10-11 NASB)

"Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching."  (1 Timothy 4:13 NASB)

"Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you. "(1 Timothy 4:15-16 NASB)

Do you see what I mean?

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Easter, Really?! part 3

Interesting, huh?

I had to do some more research, but the deeper I dug into the King James version, it proved out. And further study into the "translation" and Martin Luther, Erasmus, Jerome...

Exodus 12:6 "And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening"

Exodus12:18 says "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread"

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are the same, or you could say that the Passover is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Look at Lev 23:5 again.
"In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover".

It says "at even". Evening or dusk. When the sun sets, the day ends according to Jewish tradition. Passover begins at the end of the 14th day of Nisan and crosses over into the beginning of the 15th day.

My apologies.. you are correct- there was no "textus receptus" when they did the 1611 KJV.

What is "commonly accepted" as the "textus receptus" today is very similar in origin to the texts and manuscripts that were available to the translators of the 1611 KJV.

If the KJV got the word "Easter" from Martin Luther's translation, why did Luther use that word and where did he get it from?

Luther used the translations of Erasmus. So, if we look at these two alone, their heavy catholic influences would explain how the word "easter" was induced into their vocabularies.

As we go further, Erasmus used Jerome's Latin version; if you haven't studied Jerome, a quick glance at his bio will explain my point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome

Luther... Erasmus...

Erasmus' end product was a Greek/Latin New Testament. He cris-crossed to make each read the same. That makes my eyebrows raise in question more than once.

Erasmus also did a Greek translation. He did it from Byzantine manuscripts. Why he did not use the older, more "pure" manuscripts he had access to is unknown. It was his 2nd edition (1519) that Luther used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus#Publication_of_the_Greek_New_Testament

When you study the history all the way out, it is very interesting to say the least.

If time and finances would afford, I would love to study greek, hebrew, and latin. Now with easy access to texts, the knowledge of those languages would sufficiently answer all questions.

It was a quandary like this that caused Jay P. Green Sr to go back to school so he could read greek and hebrew. His result over several years was a fresh and extremely thorough translation known as the KJ3.

Interesting enough, he used the word "Passover" in Acts 12:4.

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Easter, Really?! part 2

This seamed to arouse some comments on my Facebook page.

Steve Yoak
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1335534911

responded:

" I must respectfully disagree. The ole' King Jimmy has it right here. According to Acts 12:3, "(Then were the days of unleavened bread.)"

"Cross reference that with Lev 23:5-6 "In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread."

"Of all the things that it COULD be, it COULD NOT be Passover it it were the days of unleavened bread. Herod was a pagan puppet king of the pagan Roman empire and would be expected to celebrate pagan holidays. The KJV translators NEVER claimed to be doing a translation of the Textus Receptus. They claimed to be taking the former translationS and dilligently comparing and revising them. They found EASTER in Martin Luthers' German Bible.

"P.S. Thank you for pointing out the pagan foolishness that is practiced in churches all over America...."eggs, Ostara, Ishtar, rabbits, Innana, cults, pagans, devils, or Satan."

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