Acts 12:4

(KJV+) And G2532 when he⁽ G3739 ⁾ had apprehended G4084 him, he put G5087 him in G1519 prison, G5438 and delivered G3860 him to four G5064 quaternions G5069 of soldiers G4757 to keep G5442 him; G846 intending G1014 after G3326 Easter G3957 to bring him forth G321 G846 to the G3588 people. G2992

(KJV) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

G3957

πάσχα

pascha

pas'-khah

Of Chaldee origin (compare [H6453]); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): - Easter, Passover.

G3957 (Thayer)

πάσχα

pascha

Thayer Definition:

1) the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people’s deliverance of old from Egypt)

2) the paschal lamb, i.e. the lamb the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of the day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings; Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb

3) the paschal supper

4) the paschal feast, the feast of the Passover, extending from the 14th to the 20th day of the month Nisan

Part of Speech: noun neuter

There is a great discussion of the various mistranslations at..

http://brandplucked.webs.com/easterreplenish.htm

With links to...

For another brother's excellent study on the meaning of Easter as found in Acts 12:4 see his article here at KJV For Today -http://www.kjvtoday.com/home/easter-or-passover-in-acts-124

And here is an excellent study on the use of Easter in Acts 12:4 by Oakwood Baptist Church. I think this brother has hit on the right reason why Herod wanted to wait till "after Easter to bring Peter forth to the people."

http://66.147.244.191/~oakwoodb/2013/08/15/easter-or-passover-in-acts-124/#comment-2454

The brother from Oakwood Baptist church who wrote another article defending Easter in the KJB presented another very good reason why Herod wanted to wait till after Easter. See his article here -

http://66.147.244.191/~oakwoodb/2013/08/15/easter-or-passover-in-acts-124/#comment-2454