Q ~ The main reason for this tradition [
Friday crucifixion], as far as I can tell, is that the disciples of Jesus were intent upon burying Jesus before the Sabbath arrived (Mark 15:42 - 43; Luke 23:54; John 19:31).
Tons of people that have a problem with a Good
Friday crucifixion do not even consider the darkness (noon to 3 pm) as a part of the «reckoning».
Not exact matches
For us that day is
Friday, the day of the
crucifixion.
The
crucifixion of Jesus was marked in Jerusalem on Good
Friday when thousands of Christians attended... More
Sunday is the third day Saturday is the second day
Friday is the first day SINCE Thursday — the day of Jesus»
crucifixion
Every year, we observe «Good
Friday,» and reflect on the darkness between the
crucifixion and the resurrection.
The
crucifixion of Jesus was marked in Jerusalem on Good
Friday when thousands of Christians attended a service held at a church considered by some believers to be where Jesus died and was buried.
The
crucifixion must therefore have been on
Friday, and the last supper was eaten Thursday evening.
(available on the web, viewed by over 3,000) contains a kind of «doctrinal statement» on 3 days and 3 nights (Tuesday
crucifixion and
Friday resurrection) and I think it can be regarded as valid until someone refutes the findings and evidence contained in it.
■ All four gospels say the
crucifixion occurred on a
Friday.
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So, too, did a silver cross depicting Jesus»
crucifixion, which was untouched in an otherwise ravaged auditorium, while a portable cross brought out specially for the Passion weekend - the time between Good
Friday and Easter, which are among the most special times on the Christian calendar - laid on its side, intact.
They give specificity to the life of repentance and renewal as Christians move ever closer to the observance of the
crucifixion of Christ on Good
Friday and Jesus» resurrection on the Sunday of Pascha.
Earlier, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan spoke with WCBS 880's Rich Lamb and said Good
Friday, the day Christians around the world commemorate the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was the day love was seemingly defeated by hate.
In many historically Christian countries, the buns are traditionally eaten on Good
Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of the
crucifixion.
Good
Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, «originating from the story of Jesus» last supper and
crucifixion» in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good
Friday.