Good Friday = The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ Three women. Three women stood at the cross on this day. A mother was watching her child beat until he was unrecognizable. A woman whom Jesus had saved was now watching her savior being nailed to a cross. The mother of James and John stood staring at the criminals who were hanging to the left and right of Jesus; as she had not long ago asked Jesus if her own sons could have the honor of sitting on Jesus’ right and left in his Kingdom. Mary, Mary Magd