This new English term was readily adopted, and is today the word used for the festival by Jews and Christians alike. When he came to the Hebrew Pesach he took the root of the Hebrew word which means ‘to pass over’, and he used it to coin the English word Passover. However, after completing the New Testament, Tyndale then started to translate the Old Testament from Hebrew. Another reason may be that Martin Luther did the equivalent in German, and Tyndale was familiar with German and Luther’s work. The main reason William Tyndale did not use the word Passover is because that English word did not exist then. It was the way of saying and writing the Aramiac equivalent of the Hebrew word ‘Pesach’ in Greek letters. This is what gives the word for Easter in most European languages – For example in Latin Pascha, in French Pâques, in Spanish Pascua, in Portuguese Páscoa, in Italian Pasqua, in Russian Пасха, and in Welsh Pasg. Instead all the main modern English Bible translation translate ‘pascha’ as Passover. However, no modern Bible translation uses the word Easter.
Whether they missed this one or had some reason for retaining it is not clear. The reviewers and revisers who produced the King James Version changed all the other references of Easter to Passover. He did it not only in Acts 12.4, but in all 29 places where it was used in the New Testament. In the New Testament William Tyndale chose to translate ‘pascha’ as Easter. The King James Version was not a new translation, but a revision of existing texts, largely stemming back to the work of William Tyndale. How the word Easter got there is very interesting. In Acts 12.4 in the KJV the word Easter translated the Greek ‘pascha’. They clearly had no objection to the use of the word. Early editions of the King James Version also included a table for finding the date of Easter. The venerable Authorized or King James Version (KJV) uses the word Easter in one verse in Acts 12.4. Yet many people miss that the word Easter is found in one very common translation of the English Bible. Some people argue that Christians should not use the word Easter because it is not found in the Bible, but then the word ‘Bible’ is not in the Bible either. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says there is ‘widespread consensus’ that a Germanic source word led to the English word Easter, via Anglo-Saxon and the German word for Easter, which is Ostern. The origin of the word Easter is debated. Whether you are a Christian or not you can’t miss Easter, and over time the festival has attracted various folk traditions. Aside from the chocolate eggs, our whole calendar revolves around it. The story is so significant that it is told in all four Gospel accounts in the New Testament. Easter is a time when Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus.
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