Was Jesus crucified on "Good Friday?"

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Originally Posted by larrylyates

Just a thought for you scholars out there: With few exceptions, Christendom observes "Good Friday" as the day Jesus Christ was crucified. A few believe that Jesus was crucified on Thursday, and a few more hold to the opnion that He was crucified on Wednesday.

The term itself, "Good Friday," is a mispronunciation of Gott Friday, which is German for "God's Friday."

Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." If, as the vast majority of Christendom believes, Jesus was crucified on Friday, then His body would have lain in the tomb only twenty-four to twenty-six hours - one night and one day.

Was Jesus crucified on Good Friday? Does it make any difference?

Were days/nights measured then, in the same amount of time that
they are now?