Talk:Easter

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2017

The explanation "Jewish festival known in English as Passover, commemorating the Jewish Exodus from slavery in Egypt" is ambiguous and misleading. It seems to be a pandemic misunderstanding that "Passover" refers to the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and the Sinai desert fleeing slavery under the Egyptians. While this is certainly true of the Exodus, Passover specifically refers to the 10th plague visited on the Egyptians prior to flight where all the first born of Egypt were slain by the Angel of the Lord, except those with the Blood of the Lamb painted above their doorways. For these the angel of death "passed over" (when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you... Ex.12:13). Also, I suggest omitting the term "Jewish" before "Exodus", as not only Jews (children of the tribe of Judah) but all twelve tribes of Israel participated in the Exodus. Thus, I recommend an edit stating:

"Jewish festival known in English as Passover, commemorating the 10th of the Plagues of Egypt where the first born of Egypt were slain by the angel of death but the Israelites were "passed over" prior to the Exodus from slavery in Egypt..."Jesrbryant (talk) 17:31, 16 April 2017 (UTC)jesrbryant Jesrbryant (talk) 17:31, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Not done: the English term "Passover" derives from the passing-over of the 10th plague, but it's incorrect to say that the entire Pesach festival is based around that one specific detail, rather than the Exodus as a whole. Power~enwiki (talk) 04:05, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Do not use matzah when describing the Last Supper

By using the word matzah for the Last Supper, the article is biased. Orthodox Christians do not believe the bread at the Last Supper was unleavened bread. We believe the Last Supper was a preparatory meal for Passover not a Passover meal itself. To support this claim, the original Greek text in the Bilble (Luke, John, and Mark were originally written in Greek) uses the word ἄρτον which describes leavened bread. I would suggest just using the generic word bread instead of matzah. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.107.188.8 (talk) 16:11, 20 April 2017 (UTC) There is no question Exodus refers to unleavened bread. That is not the discussion here. I have never seen any translation of the Bible that uses the word matzah. They all use bread when describing the Last Supper. When receiving the Holy Eucharist, Orthodox Christians use leavened bread not unleavened bread. As I said before; Mark, Luke, and John were originally written in Greek. The use the word arton which refers to leavened bread. I am not here to argue who is right regarding leavened versus unleavened bread. I am suggesting to use the work bread to make in acceptable to all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolverineguy55 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

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Contextual comment should be added

In the first para, there should be a short phrase stating something like, "according to Christian belief", as it relates to that and only that.1.144.107.104 (talk) 05:46, 9 March 2018 (UTC)