Good Friday

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

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 spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

For while we were yet weak, in due season 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 by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah 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 on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

And when even was now 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, 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 his spirit.

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

And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

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

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

Now after two days wasthe feast ofthe passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

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 →

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

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

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

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

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

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

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

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, beingthe ninth hour. — read the full passage →

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face 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 on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →

And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed. — read the full passage →

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

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples say unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover?

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

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

But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.

Now 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, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

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

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

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

Now on the firstdayof unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready 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 perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Now 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 →

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

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away 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 go with them, that he might bear his cross. — read the full passage →

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

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

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land 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 a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

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

I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me. — read the full passage →

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

And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with 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 supplication; and they shall look unto 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 first-born.

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

But God commendeth his own 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.

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

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

They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha: — read the full passage →

Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified. — read the full passage →

And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. — read the full passage →

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

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

And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate. — read the full passage →

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

Then I returned and saw 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, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus. — read the full passage →

In like manner 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 →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John — read the full passage →

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

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

saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it.

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

And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. — read the full passage →

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: 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 within me. — read the full passage →

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

And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus. — read the full passage →