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Good Friday (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"), is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.
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Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday April 3, 33 A.
D.The latest investigation, reported in the journal International Geology Review, focused on earthquake activity at the Dead Sea, located 13 miles from Jerusalem. The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 27, mentions that an earthquake coincided with the crucifixion:NEWS: Biblical Burial Box Reveals Clue About Death of Jesus[sidebar]"And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open."To analyze earthquake activity in the region, geologist Jefferson Williams of Supersonic Geophysical and colleagues Markus Schwab and Achim Brauer of the German Research Center for Geosciences studied three cores from the beach of the Ein Gedi Spa adjacent to the Dead Sea.Varves, which are annual layers of deposition in the sediments, reveal that at least two major ear...Eastern Orthodox Christian pilgrims marched Friday through the stone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City to commemorate Jesus' crucifixion some 2,000 years ago.Roman C...
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