Friday 29 March 2024

Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, is a solemn and significant day in Christianity, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is a day of mourning, reflection, and remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice made by Jesus for the salvation of humanity. Here are fifty selected sayings from the Bible that support and reflect the significance of Good Friday:

Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, is a solemn and significant day in Christianity, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is a day of mourning, reflection, and remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice made by Jesus for the salvation of humanity. Here are fifty selected sayings from the Bible that support and reflect the significance of Good Friday:

1. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

2. "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

3. "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

4. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

5. "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." (Isaiah 53:3)

6. "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." (Isaiah 53:4)

7. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God." (1 Peter 3:18)

8. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

9. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

10. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

11. "He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth." (Isaiah 53:7)

12. "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:35)

13. "And He said to them, 'Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.'" (Luke 24:46)

14. "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians 2:8)

15. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

16. "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)

17. "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:1)

18. "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15:3)

19. "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

20. "For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45)

21. "And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)

22. "Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed." (1 Peter 2:24)

23. "But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)

24. "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45)

25. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)

26. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

27. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit." (1 Peter 3:18)

28. "Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." (Isaiah 53:4)

29. "He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." (Isaiah 53:3)

30. "And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians 2:8)

31. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

32. "But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness." (1 Corinthians 1:23)

33. "And He said to them, 'Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.'" (Luke 24:46)

34. "And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him." (Hebrews 5:9)

35. "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

36. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

37. "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15:3)

38. "And He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:12)

39. "He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth." (Isaiah 53:7)

40. "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)

41. "For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45)

42. "And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." (Ephesians 5:2)

43. "Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed." (1 Peter 2:24)

44. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit." (1 Peter 3:18)

45. "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)

46. "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:1)

47. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

48. "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

49. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

50. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

These selected sayings from the Bible highlight the significance of Good Friday, the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for the redemption of humanity. They emphasize the love of God, the atoning power of Christ's death, and the hope of salvation and eternal life through faith in Him.

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