Good Friday is the day for Christians to commemorate Jesus's crucifixion. According to the Bible, the Jewish religious leaders--who had condemned Jesus the night before for claiming to be the son of God and king of the Jews--brought him to the Romans for sentencing on this day. He was sent from Pontius Pilate to Herod and then back to Pilate, who ultimately sentenced Jesus to crucifixion--the criminal punishment.

Jesus was beaten, forced to carry a heavy wooden cross through mocking crowds and finally nailed to the cross by his wrists and feet, where he hung until he died later that day.