hushpapi:
Have you ever ask yourself this question,that why is Easter celebration always Sunday? Am very sure if your birthday last year date happened to be Sunday, it can not be Sunday this year. But Easter is fixed.

The only bible on the surface on the earth that has the word Easter in it, is the King James Version of the bible. Acts12:1-4.

history tells us that the name “Easter” comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Eostre, the name of the goddess of spring. Bunnies are symbols of fertility, while eggs were seen as pagan symbols of death and life.

It's said Jesus was crucified on Friday in the afternoon and resurrect on Sunday morning. But here is another verse that tackled that in the bible. Read carefully and ask yourself what is the miracle of prophet Jonah?

Miracle: A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws.

Mathew 12:39.He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given except the miracle of the prophet Jonah.

Mathew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Brief story on prophet Jonah
they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the seaalive)and the sea ceased from her raging.Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD.

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah(alive). And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights(alive)

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly (alive)

From this story you know the miracle of prophet Jonah is he was alive . He didn't die in the belly of the big fish for three days and three night. Jesus was crucified on Friday afternoon, from that Friday afternoon to Saturday morning is one night, the Friday was not a complete day. Then from Saturday to Sunday morning is a whole day and another night. We have two night and one day. This is not what Jesus said. The nights and days are meant to be three days and three nights.

But Jesus said :Mathew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

If you are celebrating a day like this, it is not part of the teaching of Jesus. Is 100% idol worship

Please feel free to share more light to this because we all know Jesus was not the first sent down to deliver God message. Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jonah, Solomon, David,Daniel all came with their own books passing the same message that God is one. How come is only Jesus that was captured just like that by the Jews. The book of Luke:4:10-11. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

So simple date is your problem in this life, where will your soul go when you die? Ask yourself this question, date will not save your soul

optimusmind:

12am Friday then to 11:59:59pm on Thursday

What are you calculating?

He died on Friday and rose ON Sunday morning. How does this make 3 days and 3 nights?

Stop bothering your head, it doesn't add up. The entire Christendom has no clue on this.

This Will clear your doubt


It is necessary to examine the following facts in order to understand the relationship between the Jewish Passover and the Christian Easter celebration.

Using the Bible as a timeline, we can know exactly what transpired during the Passover Week leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection. If you want to know the particulars of the week leading up to the crucifixion, please see the scripture citations of the Passover week timeline.

THE JEWISH CALENDAR

The Jewish calendar is tied to the moon and follows the lunar cycles. A Jewish year consists of 12 months, and because it is based on the circling of the moon, a Jewish year has 354 days with 29 or 30 days in each month. Compare this with the Roman calendar we use today that follows solar cycles of 365 days.

A Jewish day begins and ends at 6:00pm but they begin counting the daylight hours from 6:00am. Evidence of this can be found in the four gospels by searching for “third hour,” “sixth hour” and “ninth hour.” A day in the Roman calendar begins and ends at midnight.

Jews who are members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement have gone to the extreme and the hours of each day have to be calculated. For example, if sunrise is at 5:00am and sunset is at 7:30pm, they will divide the 14 hours and 30 minutes of daylight (870 minutes) by 12 so that an hour that day will be 72.5 minutes long. Thus, if they are going to observe a special ritual at the 2nd hour, it will occur at 8:37am and thirty seconds.

Here is a glimpse of what time was like in the first century when the gospel accounts of Jesus’ death and resurrection were recorded.

DAYTIME

First hour - Dawn to 8:00am

Second hour – 8:00 to 9:00am

Third hour – 9:00 to 10:00am

Fourth hour – 10:00 to 11:00am

Fifth hour – 11:00 to 12:00pm

Sixth hour – 12:00 to 1:00pm

Seventh hour – 1:00 to 2:00pm

Eighth hour – 2:00 to 3:00pm

Ninth hour – 3:00 to 4:00pm

Tenth hour – 4:00 to 5:00pm

Eleventh hour – 5:00 to 6:00pm

Twelfth hour – 6:00 to sunset

NIGHT TIME

First watch - sunset to 9:00pm

Second watch – 9:00pm to midnight

Third watch - midnight to 3:00am

Fourth watch – 3:00am to sunrise

THE JEWISH PASSOVER

Few Christians know that the Jewish Passover is currently a seven day period in Israel and eight days for the Jews who live outside of Israel. At the time of Christ, the Jews had two names for the same festival; it was called the Feast of the Passover or the Feast of the Unleavened Bread.

The first month in the Jewish calendar is Nissan (also spelled Nisan) and occurs during the months of March thru April in the Roman calendar. Nissan is the month in which the Passover is observed.

The 13th day (Tuesday) of Nissan is called the preparation day for the Passover. The Passover meal is eaten after 6:00pm, which means that it is really eaten on the 14th day of Nissan.

From the New Testament we know that Jesus and his disciples ate the Passover meal on a Tuesday night. (Matt.26:17-19; Luke 22:13-20)

The 14th day (Wednesday) of Nissan was called the first day of the Passover and people still worked on this day. This was the day that Jesus was brought to Pilate at 6:00am (Matt.27:1-2) and was crucified the sixth hour (12:00pm).

The 15th day (Thursday) of Nissan was the Feast of the Unleavened Bread and also known as the high Sabbath.

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (John 19:31)

This is not to be confused with the regular Sabbath. The high Sabbath was a holy day for the Jews and no work could be done on this day. All roads and bridges leading to Jerusalem had been cleaned the day before from garbage and the corpses of dead animals had been removed. Furthermore, all graves had been whitewashed so that the pilgrims coming to Jerusalem would not be defiled. This was the reason the Jewish leadership did not want to have anyone hanging on a cross on the high Sabbath.

The 16th day (Friday) of Nissan was called “The Morrow After” the Sabbath and this was the day of the cutting of barley sheaves.

The 17th day (Saturday) of Nissan in the year Jesus was crucified was the regular Sabbath. Jesus rose from the dead sometime between 6:00pm Saturday night and 6:00am on the first day of the week (Sunday morning). This timeline is consistent with Jesus’ words that he would be dead for three days and three nights:

“Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:38-40)

Jesus was dead and in the grave at the beginning of the 15th day (Thursday) of Nissan. Using the timeline Jesus provided of three full days and nights, Thursday night was the first complete day, Friday night was the second complete day and Saturday night was the third complete day. If we correctly interpret the timeline provided by the four gospels, it is not possible for Jesus to have been crucified on Friday as commonly thought, but He was crucified and buried on Wednesday. Please refer to the scripture citations of the Passover week timeline for the specifics of that week.

The period from the 17th day to the 20th day of Nissan was called The Lesser Festival.

It is interesting to note that the Christian Easter week in 2015 is observed from March 29th through April 5th, while the Jewish Passover is observed from April 3rd to April 11th.

Which week is correct? It is impossible to know since there is no real conversion rate between a solar year and a lunar year. What is important is that we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ!

Christians sometimes react with hostility to information that contradicts what they “know to be true.” It is my hope that you would re-examine your assumptions of truth through the clear lens of a sincere Biblical analysis. It should be the goal of every Christian to debunk the Devil’s lies about our Savior’s death and resurrection. Given the stated facts, it is a blatant lie that Jesus was crucified on a Friday and no Christian should be perpetuating it.


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Activa:


What are you calculating?

He died on Friday and rose ON Sunday morning. How does this make 3 days and 3 nights?

Stop bothering your head, it doesn't add up. The entire Christendom has no clue on this.

Jesus died and rose after three days and three nights. It is an undisputed fact - Jesus said it and I believe it!

On the Friday that Jesus was crucified, at exactly noon, the day turned into night till 3pm; this makes the first night.

Normal Friday night the second night and Saturday night the third night.

Stop worrying about what happened more than 2000 years ago; rather, be more concerned about your future. Where will you be in the next 2000 years? Let it be heaven bro! God bless you

lagostokd:


Jesus died and rose after three days and three nights. It is an undisputed fact - Jesus said it and I believe it!

On the Friday that Jesus was crucified, at exactly noon, the day turned into night till 3pm; this makes the first night.

Normal Friday night the second night and Saturday night the third night.

Stop worrying about what happened more than 2000 years ago; rather, be more concerned about your future. Where will you be in the next 2000 years? Let it be heaven bro! God bless you

You won't even narrate the above to a secondary school kid. Right?

Good morning all, well said and to all christian in the house, don't estitate to answer all question even when such question prove to be threat. Jesus christ never dogge any questions, he always observe the reason and motive behind the question and answer them through the help of holy spirit, let take note of that.

Activa:




You won't even narrate the above to a secondary school kid. Right?

Study the Bible and be guided

lagostokd:


Study the Bible and be guided

Study the bible kwa?

After studying it you couldn't even answer the question.

The bible says you should always be sure of the truth and hold on to it, whether it is 2,000 years old or not. But here you are saying we should just forget it.

I dare you to prove that Jesus spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the earth as Jonah spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale.

It was Jesus himself who said this test should be used on him to prove he was from/of God. Hope you k ow this part of the Bible?

Activa:


Study the bible kwa?

After studying it you couldn't even answer the question.

The bible says you should always be sure of the truth and hold on to it, whether it is 2,000 years old or not. But here you are saying we should just forget it.

I dare you to prove that Jesus spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the earth as Jonah spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale.

It was Jesus himself who said this test should be used on him to prove he was from/of God. Hope you k ow this part of the Bible?

It's not too cool to be arrogant about what you don't know.

If you don't know that the day was turned into night on crucifixion day then I don't need to engage you further

lagostokd:


It's not too cool to be arrogant about what you don't know.

If you don't know that the day was turned into night on crucifixion day then I don't need to engage you further

Don't run away.

Count Friday which you said turned into a night together and you still won't get three days and three nights.

It's a challenge.

Activa:


Don't run away.

Count Friday which you said turned into a night together and you still won't get three days and three nights.

It's a challenge.

What challenge?

I'm yet to understand why so many of you guys are so arrogant when it comes to issues like this. Learn, unlearn, and relearn.

If you're in your right mind, you'll know that Jesus' saying of being in the belly of the earth was figurative. Jesus speaks in parables on number of occasions.

You interpreted 'in the belly of the earth' to mean 'being in the grave'.

A closer analysis of Jesus' tomb shows that it wasn't even dug into the earth; rather, it was a room-like carved rock with a stone door.

The meaning of 'in the belly of the earth' is the totality of the crucifixion event while Jesus was in the hands of men.

Read the account of Mathew very well in Mathew 27:32-61

In verse 45 of Mathew 27, the day turned to night for complete 3 hours (from noon to 3pm) - this was the first night!

The second night was the normal Friday night - at this time, he was already in the tomb.

The third night was Saturday night.

You need the Holy Spirit to guide you. The letter kills!

lilytender:


Muslims don't take the shits that Christians take. Some nonentities cannot just come and write rubbish about Islam. I am a Muslim, but will never ever blaspheme Jesus or any of the prophets. Only idiots and nonentities ridicule others' believes.

beliefs are meant to be ridiculed if they deserve it, one should be free to ridicule beliefs but not the believer

lagostokd:


What challenge?

I'm yet to understand why so many of you guys are so arrogant when it comes to issues like this. Learn, unlearn, and relearn.

If you're in your right mind, you'll know that Jesus' saying of being in the belly of the earth was figurative. Jesus speaks in parables on number of occasions.

You interpreted 'in the belly of the earth' to mean 'being in the grave'.

A closer analysis of Jesus' tomb shows that it wasn't even dug into the earth; rather, it was a room-like carved rock with a stone door.

The meaning of 'in the belly of the earth' is the totality of the crucifixion event while Jesus was in the hands of men.

Read the account of Mathew very well in Mathew 27:32-61

In verse 45 of Mathew 27, the day turned to night for complete 3 hours (from noon to 3pm) - this was the first night!

The second night was the normal Friday night - at this time, he was already in the tomb.

The third night was Saturday night.

You need the Holy Spirit to guide you. The letter kills!

What of the 3 days?

Answer before I come back to your calculation of nights.

Open your mind.

By the way, was Jonah's three days and three nights in the belly of the whale also figurative?

lagostokd:


It's not too cool to be arrogant about what you don't know.

If you don't know that the day was turned into night on crucifixion day then I don't need to engage you further

Mo matter how hard you try, you CANNOT extract 3 days and 3 nights between Friday evening when Jesus was buried and Sunday morning when he resurrected.

Try again and hard.

I'm waiting.

Activa:


What of the 3 days?

Answer before I come back to your calculation of nights.

Open your mind.

By the way, was Jonah's three days and three nights in the belly of the whale also figurative?

What should I open my mind to? Your delusional argument?

Read my previous post very well, this time; slowly.

In the belly of the earth means the total crucifixion event. Jesus was crucified from Friday morning - 1st day.

The day turned to night at noon - 1st night.

After 3 hours, there was day again - 2nd day

At the normal Friday night - 2nd night

Saturday day - 3rd day

Saturday night - 3rd night

Like I said earlier, the letter kills but the Spirit gives life. You need the Holy Spirit bro

lagostokd:


What should I open my mind to? Your delusional argument?

Read my previous post very well, this time; slowly.

In the belly of the earth means the total crucifixion event. Jesus was crucified from Friday morning - 1st day.

The day turned to night at noon - 1st night.

After 3 hours, there was day again - 2nd day

At the normal Friday night - 2nd night

Saturday day - 3rd day

Saturday night - 3rd night

Like I said earlier, the letter kills but the Spirit gives life. You need the Holy Spirit bro

Chai. Delusional indeed.

You counted Friday alone as two days and one night. Hehehehehe.

Who told you that Jesus was crucified Friday morning?

Who told you that you have to count from Friday morning?

Chief, you need to count from the time Jesus was buried. Don't try to be fraudulent or manipulative.

You can't crack the puzzle. It has bothered Christendom for centuries. Try and Google it.

The only way out, which will create another problem, is to say Jesus was crucified on Wednesday or rose on Tuesday.

Again, open your mind. Stop being dogmatic.

Activa:


Chai. Delusional indeed.

You counted Friday alone as two days and one night. Hehehehehe.

Who told you that Jesus was crucified Friday morning?

Who told you that you have to count from Friday morning?

Chief, you need to count from the time Jesus was buried. Don't try to be fraudulent or manipulative.

You can't crack the puzzle. It has bothered Christendom for centuries. Try and Google it.

The only way out, which will create another problem, is to say Jesus was crucified on Wednesday or rose on Tuesday.

Again, open your mind. Stop being dogmatic.

I don't need to bother myself replying you since you're not open to learning.

It might have 'bothered' Christendom for centuries like you mentioned but it can never bother me and other like minds that have the Holy Spirit.

lagostokd:


I don't need to bother myself replying you since you're not open to learning.

It might have 'bothered' Christendom for centuries like you mentioned but it can never bother me and other like minds that have the Holy Spirit.

Learning according to who? According to your make belief, cock and bull stories?

There's no serious mind that will look at your spin twice. It's so shallow.

You are free to stick dogmatically to whatever your belief is, but the truth is that you lack the answer to the Hushpapi's question. Stop pretending to know it. You can't also bully your way through it.

Bye. I'm done with you.

Enjoy your three days in one theory.

Activa:


Learning according to who? According to your make belief, cock and bull stories?

There's no serious mind that will look at your spin twice. It's so shallow.

You are free to stick dogmatically to whatever your belief is, but the truth is that you lack the answer to the OP's question. Stop pretending to know it. You can't also bully your way through it.

Bye. I'm done with you.

Enjoy your three days in one theory.

Your case is a serious one

lagostokd:


Your case is a serious one

It's very obvious that you have the 'Holy' Spirit.

Continue to manipulate.

lagostokd:


What should I open my mind to? Your delusional argument?

Read my previous post very well, this time; slowly.

In the belly of the earth means the total crucifixion event. Jesus was crucified from Friday morning - 1st day.

The day turned to night at noon - 1st night.

After 3 hours, there was day again - 2nd day

At the normal Friday night - 2nd night

Saturday day - 3rd day

Saturday night - 3rd night

Like I said earlier, the letter kills but the Spirit gives life. You need the Holy Spirit bro

kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa

Religion is worse than opium. So from Friday to Sunday = 3days?

Hian

onyenze123:

kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwa
Religion is worse than opium. So from Friday to Sunday = 3days?
Hian

Read my post again; this time slowly, if don't have comprehension problem

lagostokd:


Read my post again; this time slowly, if don't have comprehension problem

Yes, we had 2 days in 24 hours.

How is that even possible?

IJOBA2:
SEUN OSEWA WHY DID YOU CENSOR ISLAMIC SECTION OF NAIRALAND AND LEAVE CHRISTIAN SECTION FOR TOM D!CK AND HARRY TO DO ANYTHING THEY LIKE WITH GET READY TO MEET ME IN COURT SOON

The fear of being kidnapped and boko haram attack.

The Muslims threatens the West and they reconsider their stand.

The fear of the religion of peace is the beginning of long life.

IJOBA2:
SEUN OSEWA WHY DID YOU CENSOR ISLAMIC SECTION OF NAIRALAND AND LEAVE CHRISTIAN SECTION FOR TOM D!CK AND HARRY TO DO ANYTHING THEY LIKE WITH GET READY TO MEET ME IN COURT SOON

The fear of being kidnapped and boko haram attack.

The Muslims threatens the West and they reconsider their stand.

The fear of the religion of peace is the beginning of long life.

hushpapi:
Have you ever ask yourself this question,that why is Easter celebration always Sunday? Am very sure if your birthday last year date happened to be Sunday, it can not be Sunday this year. But Easter is fixed.

The only bible on the surface on the earth that has the word Easter in it, is the King James Version of the bible. Acts12:1-4.

history tells us that the name “Easter” comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Eostre, the name of the goddess of spring. Bunnies are symbols of fertility, while eggs were seen as pagan symbols of death and life.

It's said Jesus was crucified on Friday in the afternoon and resurrect on Sunday morning. But here is another verse that tackled that in the bible. Read carefully and ask yourself what is the miracle of prophet Jonah?

Miracle: A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws.

Mathew 12:39.He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given except the miracle of the prophet Jonah.

Mathew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Brief story on prophet Jonah
they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the seaalive)and the sea ceased from her raging.Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD.

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah(alive). And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights(alive)

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly (alive)

From this story you know the miracle of prophet Jonah is he was alive . He didn't die in the belly of the big fish for three days and three night. Jesus was crucified on Friday afternoon, from that Friday afternoon to Saturday morning is one night, the Friday was not a complete day. Then from Saturday to Sunday morning is a whole day and another night. We have two night and one day. This is not what Jesus said. The nights and days are meant to be three days and three nights.

But Jesus said :Mathew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

If you are celebrating a day like this, it is not part of the teaching of Jesus. Is 100% idol worship

Please feel free to share more light to this because we all know Jesus was not the first sent down to deliver God message. Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jonah, Solomon, David,Daniel all came with their own books passing the same message that God is one. How come is only Jesus that was captured just like that by the Jews. The book of Luke:4:10-11. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

See the history of Eostre here


2nd MOTUS

CHAPTER FOUR
1. In the land where Odin was the god of it, a beautiful goddess named eostre was there. She was a nephilia whose father was also a nephilim called Eresdis. Now eostre was very beautiful and generous, and according to the belief of the people, her nature was upon her because she was born in the period of Aries.
2. Now eostre loved eggs so much, for she would go east, west, south and north to collect them. And whenever it was her birthday, she would share the eggs among many people in her land and beyond.
3. Now eostre kept birds and fowls and hares and rabbits in her garden. And whenever it was her birthday, she would share them to her guest. Now the fame of eostre began to spread all about, for she was also good in the act of making garments. And eostre made garments for many, without demanding anything in return.
4. Now many widows began to worship eostre because she was good. And many widows came to Deutsch from Grecon and Roma and Salem, for they had come to learn at her feet.
5. Now eostre said, I have shown much kindness to you, for I am a widow myself, because I have no husband. Now also, whenever you return to your lands, do only those things which are good.
6. Celebrate my birthday also in your lands and do good things in them. Share eggs among yourselves for that is the symbol of fertility. Make peace with whoever has offended you. Argue not in my days, but be happy and keep it alive.
7. Show love to friends because they are friendly and to enemies because they keep you balanced with their hatred. For if you show love to friends alone, the balances shall not be balanced.
8. As death balance life, so also do enemies balance friends. For if no death exist on earth, there shall be no space anymore for they who live on it. And if all are friends, the adventure of the world would be meaningless.
9. Or have you seen in the fables of the scribes where everybody is good and nobody is bad? Such fables would be cast away by those who bought it. For no one prefer a fable where everybody is a hero and nobody is the villain.
10. Now I do not advise you to be a villain. I only said this to bring you to the reality of life.
11. Now the good deeds of eostre was so much that many began to make temples in her name to worship her. And many who dreamt bad dreams came to her and she gave them solutions to their bad dreams.
12. And eostre said, life is a story which your memory captures. Go to the scribes and demand of them to write good stories for you. Now before you sleep, read the stories to yourself and sleep. Your dreams shall no more be fearful, for your mind shall give you a dream of that which you thought about before you sleep.
13. An old female homo came to eostre and demanded, saying, how can I take off all the wrinkles off my face? Then eostre said, smile in the morning, at noon and at night.
14. Check again, for your wrinkles shall no more be there.
15. Now the old woman did what eostre had asked her to do daily. Now after about a year did eostre visit her and said, Erastiscle, why does your wrinkle remain on your face? Did you not smile as I asked you to do every day?
16. Then the old female homo said, I stopped to worry about them since the day you told me to always smile. Now all I care for are my dimples, for I did not remember anymore that my wrinkles are there, because my thought are now on the beauty of my dimples each time I smile.
17. When Erasticle said so, eostre gave her two dozens of eggs and a hare.
18. Now eostre loved adventure so much, so she went from one land to another to see those who followed her teachings. And she visited the land of Hindi and of Grecon and Egypt. She also went to Roma and Babylon, teaching them morals.
19. Now in Grecon was eostre called Dorcas. And in Hindi was she named Pya.
20. Now when eostre was in Hindi, a female homo came and said, how shall I get married to the love of my heart? He has requested a barn full of maize for the marriage, but I have no shekel of silver of such amount in worth. And he has given me only a year or else he would not marry me, but I love her.
21. Now eostre said, what then do you have? Then the damsel said, I have only a handful of maize, which I kept in the skin. Then eostre said, give them to me. Now the damsel obeyed her voice. Now eostre said, go back to him and say to him, I shall give to you that which you requested. The damsel went and did as eostre had said.
22. Now After about eight months did eostre return to the damsel with chariots full of maize. Now the woman was amazed. Then she asked, O Goddess eostre, where did you get maize as much as this?
23. Then eostre said, I did that which you did not consider in your heart to do. I gave to nature that which I have, and she gave back to me in a thousand fold. The handful of maize I received from you is what you see here.
24. Give to nature, and you shall receive back in greater measure. Give love and get love. Give joy and get joy. Give hope and get hope. Give peace and get peace.
25. Plant a tree to nature and get the breeze of life. Spare the beasts in the wild and you shall get mammon from those who come to see them.
26. I gave to nature and I received back from her. Now go and give them to your bridegroom and let the marriage take place, for I shall be there to witness it.
27. A time came when eostre began to fall sick. And many heard it and became worried. Now she had eaten a deadly poison which was served to her by those who hated her. Now after a few days of eating the food, she died. Now the day she died was on Aries which was her birthday period.
28. Now many came to her and wept, because she had done much good for them. Now the rumour of her death spread quickly to many lands. And Attis also heard it and came riding on a flying beast.