Regular readers will have noticed that I have not included the crucifixion and resurrection of Yeshua (Jesus) as I was writing about Passover. The early church observed Passover, in the Greek, πάσχα (pascha) Even in Acts 12;4,”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” The Greek language had a word for Easter but in all of the known manuscripts the same word πάσχα is used and this is the only place that the same word is translated differently. While many traditions and legends surround this odd occurrence, the most likely reason is that it was culturally acceptable at the time the KJV was being translated. The crucifixion did happen just hours before the celebration of Passover and the resurrection most likely occurring just prior to sunset 3 days and 3 nights later as in Matthew 12;39—40. “Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”