While preparing the Verse of the Day section; reading John 19 the question arose in me why do we call it Good Friday? This was the day that a crown of thorns was set upon Jesus’ head, a purple robe was placed upon Him, and Roman soldiers mocked Him. This was a day when Pontius Pilate sat our Lord in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, as the people cried “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”“We have no king but Caesar!”

Why do we call it Good Friday when this was the day on Golgotha where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side. Where they placed JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS atop His head as he hung on that old rugged cross? When Jesus said, “I thirst!” The Roman soldiers filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. (John 19:30 NKJV)

Why do we call it Good Friday when one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out? And after this, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus took Jesus’ body and laid Him in a new tomb in the garden near the place where He was crucified.

Do we call it Good Friday because the believers had seen Lazarus risen from the dead? Or was it because of the the words Jesus spoke? For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40 NKJV) Knowing that His words are spirit and life—giving us hope…

Is this why we call it Good Friday? What do you think?

As some of us have this day off—may we truly meditate on the reason this day is called Good Friday.

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