What Day Was Jesus Crucified? | The Jimmy Akin Podcast

The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 048 (August 25, 2025) Christians all over the world commemorate the Crucifixion on Good Friday, but some argue that Jesus wasn’t crucified on a Friday at all. Instead, they claim that he was crucified on a Wednesday. In this episode, Jimmy Akin looks at the evidence from all four Gospels and reveals what we really can say with confidence about when Jesus was Crucified. Timecodes 00:00 – Coming Up 00:17 – Intro 00:38 – 1 “Good Friday” 02:58 – 2 Doubts About Friday 04:27 – 3 Not a Matter of Faith 05:59 – 4 “Three Days and Three Nights”? 10:35 – 5 “On the Third Day” 13:24 – 6 The First Day of the Week 14:28 –7 The Sabbath 15:19 – 8 The Day of Preparation 16:30 – 9 The Evidence of Mark 18:58 – 10 The Evidence of Luke 20:54 – 11 The Evidence of Matthew 23:31 – 12 The Evidence of John 27:21 – 13 Conclusion 28:54 – Closing/Outro 29:49 – End