2007-09-23 03:10:55 · 6 answers · asked by naima b 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The Day Jesus Was Crucified?
Many Christians have long believed that Friday was unlucky because it was the day of the week when Jesus was crucified. The number 13 was believed to bring bad luck because there were 13 people at The Last Supper. Since there were 12 tribes of Israel, that number was considered lucky.
Literature and Folk Wisdom
During the Middle Ages, the superstition against Friday the 13th grew. On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Jaques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templars and sixty of his senior knights in Paris. Thousands of others were arrested elsewhere in the country. After employing torture techniques to compel the Templars to "confess" to wrongdoing, most were eventually executed and sympathizers of the Templars condemned Friday the 13th as an evil day. Over time a large body of literature and folk wisdom have reinforced the belief. In the 18th century, the HMS Friday was launched on Friday the 13th. It was never heard from again. Since then, ships are not usually launched on that date. (Click here for other mysterious ship disappearances.)
2007-09-23 05:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by tovah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the Knghts Templar pretty much got butchered on that day. Basically got rounded up and executed on that day.
13/10/1307 (friday)
then you've got christian references to jesus and the 12 apostles (13) christ being crucified on a friday etc etc etc.
2007-09-23 10:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by 8pidi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the date of the massacre of the Knights Templar. I believe the year was 1307.
2007-09-23 15:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ died on Friday and there were 13 at the last super
2007-09-23 10:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by failte1950 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Knights Templar were attacked, killed, arrested by the King of France and the Catholic Pope forces.
2007-09-23 10:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Knights Templar were hunted down and killed. That's why they consider it an unlucky day.
2007-09-23 13:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by alis volat propriis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋