复活节的来历英文版(4)

year.[1] According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Some Christians celebrate this

resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday[2] (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after

Maundy Thursday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26 and AD 36. Easter also refers to the season of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day but now officially[citation needed] lasts for the fifty days until Pentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter. Easter also marks the end of Lent, a season of fasting, prayer, and penance.

Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil

calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[3] Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on March 21 (regardless of the astronomically correct date), and the "Full Moon" is not necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefore varies between March 22 and April 25. Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian Calendar whose March 21 corresponds, during the twenty-first century, to April 3 in the Gregorian Calendar, in which calendar their celebration of Easter therefore varies between April 4 and May 8.

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In most European languages the feast called Easter in English is termed by the words for passover in those languages and in the older English versions of the Bible the term Easter was the term used to translate passover.[4][5]

Relatively newer[citation needed] elements such as the Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunts have become part of the holiday's modern celebrations, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike. There are also some Christian denominations who do not celebrate Easter.

Popular modern depictions of Easter can be viewed as a celebration of spring.

篇三：复活节的由来

复活节的由来

复活节（GOOD FRIDAY耶稣受难日）的由来：

每年的3月22日至4月27日之间，春分以后的一个星期五（每年复活节的日期都不一样），在很多西方国家会过一个叫做“好的星期五”（Good Friday）的节日。这是一个对于西方国家来说非常重要的节假日：学校放假、银行关门、商场休息，就连股市也关闭了。这个星期五有什么特别呢？为什么叫“好的”星期五呢？

这是因为在两千年前的一个星期五，一个叫做耶稣的犹太人，被当时统治以色列的罗马政府处以极刑，钉在十字架上。后来耶稣的门徒（现称为基督徒）在每一年的这个星期五纪念他，渐渐地形成了这个叫做“好的星期五（Good Friday）”的节日。中文把这个节日叫做“耶稣受难日”，Good Firday又可以称为God Friday。

但是有一点奇怪的是，作为耶稣的门徒，应该在这个星期五感到难过、悲伤才是。为什么他们把这个悲伤的星期五认为是“好的”呢？

在大约两千年以前，一位名叫耶稣的婴孩降生在犹太的伯利恒，他的一生充满了传奇：圣经中几百个关于基督的预言在他身上应验；他一生医病赶鬼，行神迹无数。他虽然没有受过教育，但是他的教导充满了智慧，让人称奇。最让人迷

惑的是当他的门徒意识到他就是犹太人几千年来所盼望的基督的时候，他却毅然地走上了十字架。他的死给他的门徒以致命的打击，纷纷逃散，他的大门徒彼得更是3三次不认耶稣。

然而他的死并不是故事的终结，因为在3天后他奇迹般地复活了。耶稣复活后，他的门徒有了大的改观，纷纷勇敢热情地传扬耶稣的名。面对罗马政府无止境的压迫、鞭打甚至死亡的威胁，犹太人也不退缩。后来人们渐渐明白，耶稣的死是为了拯救全人类！

因为根据圣经的记载，在人类始祖亚当犯罪后，人类就被罪捆绑，死就是人类的唯一结局。但是神爱世人，为了拯救人类，成为了肉身，来到世上。耶稣在十字架的死，是偿还了所有人类的罪。正如圣经记载的：“他被挂在木头上，亲身担当了我们的罪。”如果你相信耶稣的死是为了你，也愿意接受耶稣作为你的救主，你的罪就被耶稣在十字架上担当，从而被神赦免了。

所以从这一点来看，耶稣的死是一件好事，因为他的死解决了人类罪的问题，使人类重新有了与神和好的机会。接受耶稣的人不但免去了末日的审判，还可以承受永远的生命，得以进入天堂。所以今天基督徒在向人们传讲耶稣的时候，通常叫做传福音，福音的意思就是好消息。这个特别的星期五也就被称为“好的星期五”。