Good Friday

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. — read the full passage →

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. — read the full passage →

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. — read the full passage →

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover. — read the full passage →

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. — read the full passage →

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. — read the full passage →

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. — read the full passage →

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. — read the full passage →

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. — read the full passage →

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) — read the full passage →

I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. — read the full passage →

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: — read the full passage →

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: — read the full passage →

Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. — read the full passage →

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. — read the full passage →

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. — read the full passage →

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. — read the full passage →

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. — read the full passage →

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. — read the full passage →

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. — read the full passage →

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, — read the full passage →

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. — read the full passage →

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. — read the full passage →

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. — read the full passage →