Good Friday, together with Easter Sunday, is an observance that contradicts the biblical accounts of Christ's death and resurrection. Jesus gave only one sign of His Messiahship: that He would be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights (Matthew 12:38-40). Using His own definition of a day in John 11:9-10, this equals exactly 72 hours. His other phrasings, "in three days," "the third day," and "after three days," confirm that exact span. Since Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus buried Him at sunset, a Friday burial and a Sunday dawn resurrection cannot yield 72 hours. Counting backward from Sunday dawn would even point to Thursday. The Gospels do not record when He rose, only when His followers discovered the empty tomb. Daniel 9:27 places His crucifixion in the middle of the week, since His death ended sacrifice and offering (Hebrews 9:23-28), which points to Wednesday. He was therefore entombed at sunset on Wednesday and rose at sundown as the seventh-day Sabbath ended, about twelve hours before the women arrived. This is the only scenario that fits the biblical record. The Friday of Good Friday is simply the Preparation Day for the Sabbath, with no special significance. The bunnies and eggs of Easter are likewise pagan fertility symbols unrelated to the Savior's death, burial, and resurrection.

In the context of cherished holiday traditions, the observance of Good Friday reveals a significant inconsistency within the Easter narrative. Jesus Himself declared in Matthew 12:38-40 that He would be buried for three days and three nights, mirroring Jonah's time in the great fish's belly. He defined a full day as comprising twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of night, leading to a clear prophecy of 72 hours in the grave as the sole sign of His Messiahship. However, the traditional timeline from Good Friday sundown to Easter Sunday sunrise accounts for only about half of the prophesied 72 hours. This discrepancy suggests a chronological impossibility within the Good Friday-Easter Sunday framework. If Jesus was in the grave for only 36 hours instead of the full 72, it would imply He was untruthful, rendering His sacrifice ineffective. Yet, His resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father affirm that He did not lie, indicating He was indeed in the grave for the full three days and three nights before the Father restored Him to life in glory. Thus, the Good Friday tradition stands as a stark contradiction to the timeline Jesus provided.

Jesus was not crucified on a Friday, and the popular Friday-afternoon-to-Sunday-morning timeline cannot fit the only sign He gave of His Messiahship: three days and three nights in the grave, as Jonah was in the great fish (Matthew 12:38-40). Three days and three nights means 72 hours, and that cannot be fitted between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Holding to Good Friday therefore invalidates the very sign that proves who Jesus was. The Bible shows that He was killed on Passover, a preparation day, and buried before sunset because the first day of Unleavened Bread, an annual high-day Sabbath, was about to begin (Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31). Two Sabbaths are involved, an annual one and the weekly one, so the crucifixion preceded the annual Sabbath, not the weekly Sabbath. In the year of His death, Passover fell on a Wednesday. He was laid in the tomb late Wednesday afternoon, remained there three days and three nights, and rose on the weekly Sabbath afternoon before sunset. That is the only time He could have risen after being killed on Passover afternoon. The Friday crucifixion and Sunday resurrection are part of a tradition used to justify Sunday worship, a tradition of men rather than an ordinance of God.

The traditional Good Friday to Easter Sunday scenario cannot accommodate the 72 hours that Jesus Christ declared He would be in the tomb. It is impossible to fit three full 24-hour days between Friday evening and Sunday morning, especially with the notion of a dawn resurrection on Sunday. The scriptural evidence clearly indicates that Jesus was buried at sunset, and since He remained in the tomb for exactly 72 hours, His resurrection must also have occurred at sunset, not at dawn. This discrepancy challenges the widely accepted timeline and calls for a reexamination of the events surrounding His crucifixion and resurrection based on the plain evidence provided in the Holy Scriptures.

Yesterday marked the observance of Good Friday, a day noted in the context of the upcoming Easter, which falls tomorrow. While tomorrow holds significance for many as Easter, for us it remains simply the middle day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Good Friday, as the precursor to Easter, sets the stage for a period where the focus often shifts away from its religious roots, overshadowed by commercial and cultural activities that dominate the Easter season.

Many professing Christians mark the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday evening service, believing it to be the day of His crucifixion. They place Good Friday within a holy week that spans from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, holding to the tradition of a Friday crucifixion. This belief is widespread among millions who sincerely adhere to these observances, yet it stands in contrast to the biblical chronology that suggests a different timing for these pivotal events. The commonly accepted Good Friday to Easter Sunday timeline does not align with the scriptural account of a full three days and three nights in the tomb, as prophesied by Jesus Christ Himself. Instead, the crucifixion is understood to have occurred in the middle of a literal week on a Wednesday, with His body placed in the tomb just before sunset by Joseph of Arimathea, prior to the onset of the annual Sabbath of the first Day of Unleavened Bread. This timing challenges the traditional Good Friday narrative, highlighting a discrepancy between widely held beliefs and the detailed sequence of events as recorded in Scripture.

Good Friday, as observed by many, is linked to the commemoration of the crucifixion, but it stands in contrast to the true observance of Passover as practiced by the early Church. This day, often kept on the Friday before Easter Sunday, emerged from the practices of Gentile Christians who identified the first day of the week with the resurrection, thus marking the preceding Friday for the crucifixion, regardless of the actual calendar date. This shift diverged from the original tradition of observing Passover on the 14th day of the first month of the sacred calendar, a practice upheld by Jesus and the apostles. Over time, the Western churches adopted this fixed day, embedding it within the broader adoption of pagan-influenced customs, moving away from the scriptural timing and meaning of the memorial of Christ's death.