Why is it called ';Good Friday'; when Jesus allegedly was nailed to the cross on this day?

Good Friday has the most understated name for a Holy Day.





For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried. (from the Nicene Creed in 325 C.E.)





The MOST important thing that Jesus did for us was die for our sins to give us the gift of everlasting life.





The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the MOST important point in all of human history.





With love in Christ.Why is it called ';Good Friday'; when Jesus allegedly was nailed to the cross on this day?
He died for our sins so we can have life.Why is it called ';Good Friday'; when Jesus allegedly was nailed to the cross on this day?
...Jesus suffered infinitely; He was paying the price for our sins. God poured out His wrath on the Lord Jesus Christ.


...It was good for us, but bad for Him - He suffered and died for our sins, and it was no surprise to God. He knew it all the time, and Jesus allowed Himself to be railroaded through the mockery of illegal trials, to be sentenced to death, He was executed by the most excruciatingly painful way ever devised by man (crucifixion), He was buried, and raised on the third day. ...All who trust in Him for salvation will be saved....what a marvelous Savior.
Good Friday is always the Friday before Easter Sunday, which is when Christ rose from the Dead.


He rose... therefore, being Good! And He lives today!


Good has another meaning of Holy.. so it could also be translated as Holy Friday.
Finally, all the surrounding evidence points to Nisan 14, A.D. 33, as the only likely date for Jesus’ impalement. All the other dates advocated by others, such as A.D. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 34, fail to meet the facts.





Almost all religious teachers as well as Jehovah’s witnesses are agreed that the Scriptures indicate that it was on a Friday afternoon that Jesus expired. For this reason Catholics and Protestants refer to this day as “Good Friday.” John 19:31 proves that Jesus must have died on a Friday. How so? Because it mentions that the sabbath that began three hours after Jesus’ death (he died at about 3 p.m.) was not just an ordinary weekly sabbath that begins Friday 6 p.m. and extends to Saturday 6 p.m. Remember, too, that Biblical days begin at 6 p.m., not at midnight as we now reckon days. John says “the day of that sabbath was a great one.” In other words, two legal sabbath days fell together during the same twenty-four-hour period, hence a double sabbath. According to the Law of Moses Nisan 15 every year must be a sabbath day regardless of what day in the week it falls. (Lev. 23:6, 7) The situation is like that of a national Gentile holiday. If such a holiday should fall due on a Sunday, then the populace have two holidays falling together on the one twenty-four-hour day, and this happens only once every so many years. So it was A.D. 33 that Nisan 15 coincided with the weekly sabbath. This proves that Nisan 14 must have begun on a Thursday evening at 6 p.m. and extended to Friday at 6 p.m. to make it possible for Jesus’ death Friday afternoon. This Friday situation for Nisan 14 seldom happens one year after the other but occurs only once every several years. Now we shall see how the year A.D. 33 produces all the required factors that fit the Scriptural record for the day of Christ’s death.





Jesus as the Lamb of God died on Passover day, which, according to the Law of Moses, is Nisan 14. Nisan 14 always involves a full moon, since it is the fourteenth day following the new moon that is first visible in Egypt and Palestine. (Ex. 12:2, 6) Astronomy comes to our aid supplying the figures for the following chart.13





Year Passover Full Moon Julian Day Day of





Number Week





AD. Julian Gregorian





Calendar Calendar





28 Mar.29 Mar. 27 1,731,373 Monday





29 Apr. 18 Apr. 16 1,731,758 Monday





30 Apr. 7 Apr. 5 1,732,112 Friday





31 Mar. 27 Mar. 25 1,732,466 Tuesday





32 Apr. 14 Apr. 12 1,732,850 Monday





33 Apr. 3 Apr. 1 1,733,204 Friday





34 Mar. 24 Mar. 22 1,733,559 Wednesday





All the possible date-years mentioned above must be eliminated except A.D. 30 and 33, as they do not have Nisan 14 falling on a Friday. Though A.D. 30 has Nisan 14 on a Friday, it too will have to be rejected because this would mean only a six months’ ministry for Jesus, which is too short to fit the Bible record. As we have already considered, the beginning of Jesus’ ministry was firmly set by Luke as being what we know to be in the autumn of 29 (A.D.). This leaves only A.D. 33 with Nisan 14 on a Friday that meets all the factors in connection with Jesus’ sacrificial death on the tree. In confirmation of the above in The Works of Flavius Josephus, by Whiston, a footnote on Antiquities of the Jews, Book 18, chapter 3, paragraph 3, appears giving April 3, A.D. 33 (Julian Calendar), as the date of Jesus’ impalement, also April 5 of that year as the date of his resurrection. So A.D. 33 wins out as the only probable year.





In conclusion we see that the position of Jehovah’s witnesses is strong for believing not only that Jesus’ ministry was three and a half years in duration but that it started in the autumn of 29 (A.D.) and concluded in the spring of 33 (A.D.).
Sorry Marie, He was crucifued in 32 AD. Check out Luke 3:1. Tiberius' 1st year was 14 AD, 2nd year in 15 AD, etc. You can't add 15 to 14 to come up with 29 and by extension the crucifixion in 33. Jesus' ministry started in the fall of 28 AD which was the 15th year of Tiberius. This also aligns with the prophesy in Daniel chapter 9. concerning the number of years when the Messiah would be ';cut off.'; http://www.direct.ca/trinity/king.html


Also the Greek in Matthew 28:1 reads ';After the Sabbaths...'; (plural). The Passover is known as a High Sabbath. It was Friday. The weekly Sabbath was Saturday. Jesus was crucified on Thursday (just as all the paschal lambs were also slain) and taken down off the cross before sunset on Thursday when the Passover (High Sabbath) would begin.
Coz all other Friday's are Bad Friday's
Sorry Timothy A. Perhaps you should read Luke 3:1 yourself. This scripture is speaking about John's mininisty. If you will do a little more research you'll find that Marie G answer is correct.
im atheist (dont judge me :]) but from what iv herd is that he died for you so he mite have died but you guys lived.
Because the Christians/Catholics are glad to be rid of that trouble maker. haha