List of some facts you need to know about Good Friday.
GOOD FRIDAY – Here are some facts you probably need to know and should not miss about the Holy Friday or the Good Friday.
Check out these facts about Good Friday below:
- Jesus was crucified. He was betrayed by one of His disciples, Judas, who kissed him before doing so, and went away to inform the chief priests about His whereabouts.
- He was arrested, badly beaten, spit on, crowned with thorns, deprived of food and water, unfairly judged by the people, and nailed on His ankles and wrists.
- “Good Friday” is generally referred to as “Karfreitag” meaning Mourning Friday to German-speaking countries.
- Good Friday services end with the church bell toiling 33 times for each year of Jesus’ earthly life
Meanwhile, here are some details over the death of Jesus Christ:
- Jesus died at the age of 33 by crucifixion, the worst punishment at that time to worst criminals.
- The nails measure 6 to 8 inches long hammered on His wrists and not on His palms.
- His feet were nailed together which means He found support for His full weight on that single nail. He endured these pain for over 3 hours.
- A spear was pierced on His side by a Roman guard.
- Before He was crucified, he was badly whipped and beaten tearing out His flesh, face, and beard off of His face.
- The crown of thorns was not just put above His head, it was cut deeply through His scalp.
- Due to unimaginable torture, He ran out of blood that what’s left was water pouring out from His body. A human body only has 3.5 liters of blood.
- He was humiliated, carried His own cross at a distance of 2 kilometers while the crowd was throwing stones and spatting at him.
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Source: India Today