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Regarding Easter,
the one direct reference is.Acts
12:4.
From.Easton's
Bible Dictionary:."Easter,
originally a Saxon word.(Eostre),
denoting a Goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered
about the time of the Passover.
Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of
Christ, which occurred at the time of the Passover.
In the early English versions
this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha.(the
Passover). When the
Authorized
Version (1611).was
formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word
"pascha" occurred, except in Acts 12:4. In the Revised
Version the proper word "passover," is always used."
Easter, as
such, was never observed by the apostles.
-Why Good Friday?.Matthew
12:40
How does one get three days
and three nights.(the
time period Emmanuel was dead, between His crucifixion
and
resurrection:.Matthew
12:40).into
the period from Friday to Sunday morning? Some have said and they appear
to be correct that:."First,
in Jewish idiom
any part of a day counted as a day–night unit:.Genesis
1:5. Thus,
there is no need to 'literalistically' demand that seventy–two hours be
accounted for. This is particularly.evident
in light of Emmanuel's own contention
that he would rise on the third day, not after the third day and
night had ended:.Matthew
16:21; 17:23; 20:19;
Luke
24:46; Matthew 26:61; 27:40,63,64."....Hank
Hanegraaff.
From the time of the Last
Supper before Emmanuel was taken till His resurrection; that's covered
here:.Luke
22nd chapter to Luke 24:46.
From.Matthew
Henry's Commentary, re: after His death:
-Re:
Mary Magdalene at the sepulcher alone:."This
is recorded at length only by.(John
20:11-18).and
alluded
to by
Mark 16:9-11."
-Re: "The other Mary", Salome,
Joanna and others, as they returned from the sepulcher. Matthew
28:1-10 alone gives an account of this..(Compare
Mark
16:1-8 and Luke 24:1-11)."
-Re: "Simon Peter alone on
the day of the resurrection..(see
Luke
24:34; 1Corinthians 15:5)."
-Re: "The two disciples on
the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection, recorded fully only by
Luke
24:13-35. Compare Mark 16:12,13."
-Re: "The disciples.(Thomas
being absent).and
others "with them", at Jerusalem on the evening of the resurrection day.
One of the evangelists gives an account of this appearance:.John
20:19-24."
-Re: "The disciples again.(Thomas
being present).at
Jerusalem:.Mark 16:14-18; Luke
24:33-40; John 20:26-28. See
also 1Corinthians 15:5."
-Re: "The disciples when
fishing at the Sea of Galilee. Of this appearance also John alone gives
an account:.John
21:1-23."
-Re: "The eleven and above
500 brethren at once, at an appointed place in Galilee:.1Corinthians
15:6; compare Matthew 28:16-20."
-Re: "James, but under what
circumstances we are not informed:.1Corinthians
15:7."
-Re: "The apostles immediately
before the ascension. They accompanied Him from Jerusalem to Mount Olivet
and there they saw Him ascend "till a cloud received Him out of their sight":.Mark
16:19; Luke 24:50-52; Acts
1:4-10.
"It is worthy of note that
it is distinctly related that on most of these occasions our Lord afforded
his disciples the amplest opportunity of testing the fact of his resurrection.
He conversed with them face to face. They touched Him.(Matthew
28:9; Luke 24:39; John
20:27).and
He ate bread with them:.Luke
24:42,43; John 21:12,13."
-Re: "Christ's manifestation
of himself to Paul at Damascus, who speaks of it as an appearance of the
risen Saviour:.Acts
9:3-9,17;
1Corinthians 15:8;
9:1."
"It is implied
in the words of Luke.(Acts
1:3).that
there may have been other appearances of which we have no record.
The resurrection
is spoken of as the act (1) of God the Father:.Psalms
16:10;
Acts 2:24; 3:15;
Romans
8:11; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians
2:12; Hebrews 13:20; (2) of
Christ himself:.John
2:19; 10:18 and (3) of the
Holy
Spirit:.1Peter 3:18."
"The resurrection is a public
testimony of Christ's release from his undertaking as surety
and an evidence of the Father's acceptance of His work of redemption.
"It is a victory
over death and the grave for all his followers."
