I had always assumed that the Christian equation of Jesus with the Paschal Lamb came from the relationship of Peach (Passover) to Easter. The Wikipedia supported my idea: Paschal Lamb can refer to:
- Korban Pesach, in Judaism
- Lamb of God, in Christianity
- Sacrificial lamb
- Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), also called Easter, is the feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. Pascha is a transliteration of the Greek word, which is itself a transliteration of the Hebrew pesach, both words meaning Passover. (A minority of English-speaking Orthodox prefer the English word ‘Pasch.’)
Turns out we the origins are very confused and Easter has no historic relationship to Passover/ The flick above (probably from an Adventist) talks about the derivation of Easter from Germanic holidays, “paganism.” The argument rests some on the worship of Ishtar .. and the claim that Ishtar’s name became Easter.