Good Wednesday vs Good Friday

Good Wednesday Why the Cross Fell on Wednesday, Not Friday

For centuries, the Church has marked Good Friday as the day of the cross. Alan Braun asks a simple question: does that timeline actually fit what Jesus said? Walking carefully through Jewish day-reckoning, the two Sabbaths of Passover week, the typology of the Passover lamb, and Jesus's own sign — "three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" — this book builds a compelling case that the crucifixion happened on Wednesday, with the resurrection at Saturday sunset, the tomb already empty by the first day of the week.

The second half of the book turns a fact-checking eye on the traditions that surround Christmas and Easter — where Santa Claus came from, whether we really know Jesus's birthday, how the Easter Bunny got into the story, and what Jesus likely actually looked like — equipping parents and teachers to pass on truth instead of invention.

Written in plain language but built on careful scholarship — a book for anyone willing to test tradition against Scripture.