50 Good Friday Quotes To Appreciate Jesus More
Looking for the best Good Friday quotes? These 50 epic quotes about Good Friday will show you what true faith is all about.
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The following quotes about Good Friday will instantly warm your heart.
These Good Friday quotes will also make you realise what TRUE faith looks like.
Let me share with you the most inspiring, loveliest Good Friday quotes.
So without further ado, here are the 50 Good Friday quotes – embrace these and enjoy!
GOOD FRIDAY QUOTES
1 – The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving.
That’s what God did. At the loss of His Son’s life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift – the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God. John Piper
2 – From the earliest ages of Christianity, Good Friday has always been observed as a solemn fast, and been marked with that special respect which its sanctity demands.
In ancient days it was called Long Friday, from the length of the religious services; and by our forefathers it was termed Holy Friday. W. Stevens
3 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17
4 – If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power. E.A Bucchianeri
5 – Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. John 11:25-26
6 – Good Friday is a day of hope. It is a day where we look forward to a brighter tomorrow. Many things have happened to change the course of our lives, but it has not shaken our faith. Rev Dr. Peola Hicks
7- The word “Christianity” is already a misunderstanding – in reality, there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
8 – Practice mercy and forgiveness throughout as a lesson that symbolizes the love shown through his crucifixion. Unarine Ramaru
9 – For he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise. Mark 9:31
10 – Good Friday, the day when Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus. The crucifixion and resurrection are the central events in the Christian faith.
That is why Good Friday and Easter Sunday are such important days in the Christian year. The cross is the central theme of worship. Gordon Geddes
GOOD FRIDAY QUOTES
11 – To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. John Henry Newman
12 – Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death. Soren Kierkegaard
13 – It was inevitable that Jesus Christ should be crucified. It was also inevitable that He should rise again. H. R. L. Sheppard
14 – The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope or at least give it 48 hours. Robert Breault
15 – God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I LOVE YOU’ Billy Graham
16 – Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. Fulton Sheen
17- Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
18 – He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24
19 – The Cross was the manifestation of Divine love without reserve or limit, but it was also the expression of man’s unutterable malignity. Sir Robert Anderson
20 – Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. That’s us! Robert Trache
21 – Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture. Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine
GOOD FRIDAY QUOTES
22 – By the cross, we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons! Frederic William Farrar
23 – So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light. Philip Ledyard Cuyler
24 – May God show us the right path, give us the ability to forgive others, and have mercy for our own sins. Have a beautiful Good Friday.
25 – We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour’s crucifixion. Phillips Brooks
26 – Good Friday was when the Good was crucified but then on Easter, the Good arose back… So wait to realize that be it God or be it human the good never perishes it rises above. Amit Abraham
27- Good Friday is about to come. A great historical day which is celebrated as a liturgical & ceremonially prominent manner.
28 – All of heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, hell afraid of it, while men are the only ones to ignore its meaning. Oswald Chambers
29 – Catholics often choose Good Friday-which is a day of fast-to strengthen their faith, to repent for their wrongdoings and to forgive those who have wronged them. Fr Alvito Fernandes
30 – Good Friday marks the slaying of our Jesus, the unblemished lamb, the perfect sacrifice. He took our guilt and blamed upon Himself.
GOOD FRIDAY QUOTES
31 – Let us say thanks to the son of God for bearing our sins and sacrificing his life for us. We hope we can show kindness and forgiveness to others which he taught us through his deeds. Have a blessed Good Friday.
32 – It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good. Ravi Zacharias
33 – Good Friday is not about us trying to get right with God. It is about us entering the difference between God and humanity and just touching it for a moment. Nadia Bolz-Weber
34 – Good Friday. Way of the Cross. Fasting and abstinence. Examine conscience. Have a really blessed day. Nevez Rhanny
35 – Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6
36 – On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you. Max Lucado
37- Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. Watchman Nee
38 – Think of everything you’ve ever experienced that was painful; that’s the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that’s the meaning of Easter. Marianne Williamson
39 – Good Friday is a day of sorrow mingled with joy. It is a time to grieve over the sin of man and to meditate and rejoice upon God’s love in giving His only Son for the redemption of sin. David Katski
40 – We are blessed because Lord loves you. He was born for us and sacrificed his life for us. It’s a day to be grateful to our Lord for every pain he bored in silence.
GOOD FRIDAY QUOTES
41 – It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father’s will—and it was his love for sinners like me. D.A. Carson
42 – So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. John 19:40-42
43 – Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for Him. Napoleon Bonaparte
44 – Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterward has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified. Mahatma Gandhi
45 – The cross is the victory, the resurrection is the triumph…The resurrection is the public display of the victory, the triumph of the crucified one. Leon Morris
46 – No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn
47- Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. W.H. Auden
48 – May your faith in God bring unimpeded peace and happiness to your heart. Have a blessed Good Friday with your family.
49 – When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30
50 – What is good about Good Friday? Why isn’t it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal. Randy Alcorn
BONUS: To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. John Henry Newman
BONUS: The beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be easily fathomed by human mind or by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire scripture in the spirit which will, in turn, engulf one with wisdom and love. Henrietta Newton Martin
BONUS: We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour’s crucifixion. Phillips Brooks
Much love,
Frances Vidakovic
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