In the book of Acts Chapter twelve and verse four it says, And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Easter is supposed to have been originally the name of a heathen feast, which occurred in the month of April.
Tyndal, in his translation of the Bible into English in 1526, used this word instead of passover, and our English translators in 1611 retained it in their version. But there was no Christian feast called Easter in the days of Peter.
And the word Pascha which is here translated Easter, means passover, and should have been so translated. Bring him forth; for trial and condemnation intending after Easter--rather, "after the Passover"; that is, after the whole festival was over. (The word in our King James Version is an ecclesiastical term of later date, and ought not to have been employed here). (JFB)
