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'''Good Friday''' is the English name for the day that commemorates the Passion of Jesus Christ, including the Crucifixion. The word "good" uses its secondary meaning of "holy", not "desirable".<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/Question-11.htm</ref>  In German, the name is "Karfreitag", meaning Mourning Friday.<ref>''Id.''</ref> Finnish name "pitkäperjantai" and Swedish name "långfredag" mean Long Friday.
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[[Image:Byzantin cross.jpg|right|Byzantin cross.]]
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'''Good Friday''' is the English name for the day that commemorates the Passion of Jesus Christ, including the [[Crucifixion]]. The word "good" uses its secondary meaning of "holy", not "desirable".<ref>http://www.kencollins.com/Question-11.htm</ref>  In German, the name is "Karfreitag", meaning Mourning Friday.<ref>''Id.''</ref> Finnish name "pitkäperjantai" and Swedish name "långfredag" mean Long Friday.
    
Crucifixions were repeatedly used by the Romans, and [[Pontius Pilate]] was known (and later removed) for his particular brutality, even by Roman standards.   
 
Crucifixions were repeatedly used by the Romans, and [[Pontius Pilate]] was known (and later removed) for his particular brutality, even by Roman standards.