Easter vs "Resurrection Day"

[Silentreader]

Just as likely that English words like Easter have nothing at all to do with Pennsylvania Dutch.

Most native English speakers do not use PA Dutch pronunciation.

Did I say anything about Dutch? You are entitled to your own opinions of course, for whatever they are worth.

[JohnH]

Just as likely that English words like Easter have nothing at all to do with Pennsylvania Dutch.

Most native English speakers do not use PA Dutch pronunciation.

Did I say anything about Dutch? You are entitled to your own opinions of course, for whatever they are worth.

Or German. I already shared the etymology of "Easter" going back to Old English. If one goes back far enough, there is a language that linguists call proto-Germanic, but we don't know what the people who spoke it actually called it. English has never been called "German" and has had a distinct identity for nearly 2,000 years.

[Soloist]

Wife: We heard it being called Resurrection Sunday among Baptists. I prefer the term because of what a lot of people make Easter out to be today with eggs, candy, and the Easter bunny, but I don’t really think it matters. I would guess 99% of the Mennonite background Mennonites that I have ran across call it Easter because of the kjv

[JohnH]

Wife: We heard it being called Resurrection Sunday among Baptists. I prefer the term because of what a lot of people make Easter out to be today with eggs, candy, and the Easter bunny, but I don’t really think it matters. I would guess 99% of the Mennonite background Mennonites that I have ran across call it Easter because of the kjv

Or they call it Easter because they're speaking English. The word for the Christian holiday celebrated in spring by Christians is "Easter", despite attempts by some people to claim otherwise.

Generally I think attempts by people like the Quakers to rename days of the week and so on were extreme and did not bear good fruit. I am not concerned about saying today is "Tuesday" nor do I worship the god of war; likewise when I talk about the planet Mars I don't worship it either.

[Silentreader]

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-l ... ter-001571

[Silentreader]

Just as likely that English words like Easter have nothing at all to do with Pennsylvania Dutch.

Most native English speakers do not use PA Dutch pronunciation.

Did I say anything about Dutch? You are entitled to your own opinions of course, for whatever they are worth.

Or German. I already shared the etymology of "Easter" going back to Old English. If one goes back far enough, there is a language that linguists call proto-Germanic, but we don't know what the people who spoke it actually called it. English has never been called "German" and has had a distinct identity for nearly 2,000 years.

"Easter" is older than that.

[Silentreader]

https://www.internationalstandardbible. ... aster.html

[barnhart]

I don't see it as a very important issue, but if given the choice to emphasize passover or the resurrection, I choose the latter. Both are important though.

[Silentreader]

I don't see it as a very important issue, but if given the choice to emphasize passover or the resurrection, I choose the latter. Both are important though.

I am not arguing for or against either designation, it has always been [*]Easter[*] to me, but sometimes facts, some of which can be easily found nowadays, are useful. I certainly do not look down on some one who prefers Resurrection Day. I do not know when the word "Easter" was first incorrectly used in the Acts 12:4, it is used by Tyndale and some other pre-KJV versions. It is not, however, used in either of the three English translations of the Peshitta which I checked. Which would harmonize with the probability that its roots are in Anglo-Saxon and earlier.

[*]or Eoshtra, earlier[*]