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Wouldn't it have made more sense to crucify Jesus at Christmas and celebrate his birth at Easter?
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- Smiling JW™Lv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Christmas and Easter are not Bible dates.
Jesus day of birth is not recorded in the Bible rather we know the season being probably October because shepherds were sleeping out in the fields with their sheep which in December would of been too cold. Christmas is a re badged celebration of Saturnalia the rebirth of the mid winter Sun during the pagan celebration near the solstice. (Yule, evergreens)
Easter is derived from the pagan anglo saxon goddess Eostre who was the goddess of fertility and rebirth which coincided around the Jewish Passover date of Nisan 14 when Jesus was actually recorded in the Bible to have died. (Easter bunnies, eggs)
- Johnny MacLv 69 years ago
No.
The Last Supper and the crucifixion took place around the time of the Passover. The English language makes a distinction between Easter and Passover, but not all languages do.
The etymology of of the world "Easter" in the English language has its origins from a word pertaining to European pagan rituals; however, this is only true of the English language. In other languages, the word for Passover is also used for Easter. Christians celebrated the resurrection of Christ for centuries before the word "Easter" was used in English.
Additionally, regardless of the etymology of the word "Easter" in the English language, Christians are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no scholarly or biblical rationale for "paganism by proxy" as groups such as Watchtower teach.
Moreover, Jesus was born of Jews and lived in Jewish culture. Passover and the significance of the events at that time would have been readily evident and significant for Jews of the time and in the region.
Peace be with you.
- Anonymous9 years ago
We may not know when he was born, but we have a pretty good idea when he was crucified.
If the synoptic gospels are to be believed it was 2 April AD30. It was, in any case, in the early Spring.
- Anonymous9 years ago
I think it would be fun to crucify jesus at Christmas - probably after dinner - and then we could light him on fire too like the KKK.
We could nail him to the Old Rubber Cross.
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- Anonymous9 years ago
Then those Christian ceremonies wouldn't have got as easily accepted by the Roman people.
25th Dec. Mithra Persian god adopted by the Roman military
Easter. Isis Egyptian mother goddess adopted by Roman women
- hasse_johnLv 79 years ago
The Savior YAHUSHUA was born in the fall (probably the first day of Sukkot,) and killed as the passover lamb was being killed.
- 9 years ago
Easter Bunny wouldn't approve and he will give you demonic rabies.