‘It Is Finished’—30 Good Friday Bible Verses To Reflect on Christ’s Sacrifice

Each spring, we put a lot of focus on the Easter holiday. It's a joyous occasion that celebrates Jesus' resurrection and the hope we have for eternal life. However, Good Friday is also an important day to reflect on. It's a more somber event as it commemorates the day Jesus died on the cross. There is a heavy weight felt from remembering how Jesus was arrested and brutally crucified to take on the punishment for sin that we deserved. He didn't deserve any of it but loved us enough to do it. There are many Good Friday verses in the Bible that refer to this day of crucifixion and all that Christ had to go through.

Whether you attend a Good Friday service at your church or not, it's a good idea to meditate on the scriptures pertaining to Christ's sacrifice. Although it is somber to think about, it makes the Easter celebration that much more significant. Then, because we have so much to be thankful for, we truly enjoy celebrating and getting together with our families for Easter dinner and all the festivities that go with it.

No matter how terrible this injustice to Jesus was, it was the divine plan from the beginning and didn't just randomly happen to Him. He allowed it. Here are some of the best scriptures to reflect on this Good Friday. Although they are heavy, they lead up to the most joyous occasion: the resurrection.  

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Good Friday Verses To Meditate On

1. "When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, 'The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.' And the disciples were filled with grief." - Matthew 17:22-23

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2. "As you know, the Passover is two days away - and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." - Matthew 26:2

3. "When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial." - Matthew 26:12

4. "The son of man will go just as it is written about him." - Matthew 26:24

5. "Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.'" - Matthew 26:39

6. "He went away a second time and prayed, 'My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.'" - Matthew 26:42

7. "At that time Jesus said to the crowd, 'Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be filled.' Then all the disciples deserted him and fled." - Matthew 26:55 

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8. "Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, 'Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?' But Jesus remained silent." - Matthew 26:62-63

9. "When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 'I have sinned,' he said, 'for I have betrayed innocent blood.'" - Matthew 27:3-4

10. "Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' 'Yes, it is as you say,' Jesus replied." - Matthew 27:11

11. "They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in from of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said." - Matthew 27:28-29

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12. "Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.'" - Luke 23:34

13. "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." - John 19:30

14. "At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. the Earth shook and the rocks split." - Matthew 27:51

15. "'Sir', they said, 'we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day." - Matthew 27:63-64 

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16. "I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to my Father." - John 16:28

17. "Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercessions for the transgressors." - Isaiah 53:12

18. "Because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay." - Psalm 16:10

19. "He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth." - Isaiah 53:8

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20. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8

21. "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." - 1 Peter 2:24

22. "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." - 1 Peter 3:18

23. "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." - 1 John 4:10

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24. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life." - John 3:16

25. "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." - Acts 2:36

26. "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin." - Romans 6:6

27. "None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." - 1 Corinthians 2:8

28. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." - Galatians 3:13

29. "But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full rights of sons." - Galatians 4:4

30. "Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God." - Psalm 31:5

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