Massacre of the Innocents

E105849

New Testament narrative biblical event infanticide in the Bible

The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical episode in which King Herod orders the killing of all young male children in Bethlehem in an attempt to eliminate the infant Jesus.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Massacre of the Innocents canonical	11
Kindermord von Bethlehem	1
Massacre of the Holy Innocents	1
The Massacre of the Innocents	1
The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament narrative ⓘ biblical event ⓘ infanticide in the Bible ⓘ
ageRangeOfVictims	two years old and under ⓘ
appearsInChapter	Matthew 2 ⓘ
associatedFigure	Herod the Great ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus Joseph ⓘ surface form: Joseph (husband of Mary) Magi ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus
canonicalReference	Matthew 2:16–18 ⓘ
commemoratedAsFeast	Feast of the Holy Innocents ⓘ
comparedTo	Pharaoh’s killing of Hebrew infants in Exodus ⓘ
depictedIn	Baroque painting ⓘ Christian art ⓘ Renaissance painting ⓘ medieval mystery plays ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
feastDay	27 December (in some Anglican traditions) ⓘ 28 December ⓘ 29 December (in some Eastern traditions) ⓘ
historicityDebate	subject of scholarly debate ⓘ
influenced	Christian hymnody ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian preaching ⓘ
location	Bethlehem ⓘ region of Judea ⓘ
notMentionedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ
orderedBy	Herod the Great ⓘ
primaryMotive	eliminate the infant Jesus ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglicanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
resultedIn	flight of the Holy Family into Egypt ⓘ
scripturalStatus	canonical in the New Testament ⓘ
sourceLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ
symbolicallyInterpretedAs	conflict between worldly power and divine kingship ⓘ suffering of the innocent ⓘ
targetedGroup	male children ⓘ
themeIn	Western literature ⓘ sacred music ⓘ
timeFrameDescribedAs	during the reign of Herod the Great ⓘ
triggeredBy	prophecy about a newborn king of the Jews ⓘ visit of the Magi ⓘ
victimsDescribedAs	Holy Innocents ⓘ first Christian martyrs (in some traditions) ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flight into Egypt → hasCause → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Flight into Egypt → relatedEvent → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Gospel infancy narratives → featureEvent → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Peter Paul Rubens → notableWork → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Massacre of the Innocents

Feast of the Holy Innocents → commemorates → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Return from Egypt → follows → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

AGO → notableWorkHeld → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

subject surface form: Art Gallery of Ontario

this entity surface form: The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens

Guido Reni → notableWork → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

L’Enfance du Christ → subject → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Cornelis van Haarlem → notableWork → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

Childermas → commemorates → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massacre of the Holy Innocents

“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin) → commemorates → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

subject surface form: Festum Sanctorum Innocentium

“Santos Inocentes” (Spanish) → commemorates → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

subject surface form: Santos Inocentes

“Heilige Unschuldige Kinder” (German) → commemorates → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ

subject surface form: Heilige Unschuldige Kinder

this entity surface form: Kindermord von Bethlehem

Daniele da Volterra → notableWork → Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ