I am glad we can agree on this. Easter is just an archaic word for the weekly Passover celebration, also known as the days of unleavened bread. While most know that the Passover, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are recognized as specific days (Nisan the 14th and Nisan the 15th), they are not aware that they can also refer to the whole weekly celebration, too (which includes Nisan the 14th and Nisan the 15th). The beginning of the eating of unleavened bread also started on the day of Passover, too. This is where many drop the ball and just do not read or believe what was said in Exodus 12.Easter never “became” Passover — the two were never the same thing; the confusion comes from Acts 12:4 in the KJV, where “Easter” is used to translate the Greek word pascha, which always means Passover, never a pagan spring festival. The early English translators used “Easter” because in their world it was the common English word for the entire Passover‑season, but historically and biblically, pascha is the Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus, not rabbits, eggs, or spring fertility rites. The eggs and rabbit come from Germanic/Anglo‑Saxon fertility symbolism tied to spring — the hare was a symbol of rapid reproduction, and eggs symbolized new life; these were cultural additions, not biblical ones, and they entered Christian practice through medieval Europe, not through Scripture. None of this has anything to do with the biblical Passover, which is anchored in Exodus 12 and fulfilled in Christ (1 Cor 5:7). The world‑system move was simple: merge a biblical feast with local spring customs, then call the whole thing “Easter,” but the NT never uses that word, never commands the holiday, and never connects rabbits or eggs to the resurrection.
The whole pagan Easter thing came later with the Germans. The Germans carried over their pagan rabbit tradition (that became the modern day bunny celebration) over here to the United States. They also did the same in Brazil, too.
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