Burial of Jesus

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Christian religious event New Testament event event in the life of Jesus

The Burial of Jesus refers to the New Testament account of Jesus’ body being placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea after his crucifixion, an event central to Christian beliefs about his death and resurrection.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
burial of Jesus	6
Burial of Jesus canonical	5
English: Burial of Jesus	1
Entombment of Christ	1
dead body of Jesus Christ	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Burial of Jesus
Context triple: [Crucifixion of Jesus, followedBy, Burial of Jesus]

A. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
B. Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus as recounted in the Christian Gospels and commemorated in Christian liturgy and art.
C. Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
D. Mystic Massacre
Mystic Massacre was a pivotal and brutal 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a fortified Pequot village, killing hundreds and effectively breaking Pequot resistance in New England.
E. Crucifixion of Jesus
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman authorities outside Jerusalem, a central event in Christian theology believed to bring about human salvation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Burial of Jesus
Target entity description: The Burial of Jesus refers to the New Testament account of Jesus’ body being placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea after his crucifixion, an event central to Christian beliefs about his death and resurrection.

A. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
B. Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus as recounted in the Christian Gospels and commemorated in Christian liturgy and art.
C. Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
D. Mystic Massacre
Mystic Massacre was a pivotal and brutal 1637 attack during the Pequot War in which English colonists and their Native allies destroyed a fortified Pequot village, killing hundreds and effectively breaking Pequot resistance in New England.
E. Crucifixion of Jesus
The Crucifixion of Jesus is the execution of Jesus of Nazareth by Roman authorities outside Jerusalem, a central event in Christian theology believed to bring about human salvation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious event ⓘ New Testament event ⓘ event in the life of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ
centralTo	Christian passion narratives ⓘ Christian soteriology ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
follows	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
fulfills	Isaiah 53:9 ⓘ Psalm 16:10 ⓘ
hasFeature	Roman guard at the tomb ⓘ rock-hewn tomb ⓘ stone rolled against the entrance ⓘ tomb sealed by authorities ⓘ
hasLanguageName	Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English: Burial of Jesus Greek: Ταφή του Ιησού ⓘ Latin: Sepultura Iesu ⓘ
hasLiturgicalCommemoration	Good Friday ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ
hasLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ near Golgotha ⓘ tomb of Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ
hasParticipant	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus Mary Magdalene ⓘ Mary Magdalene ⓘ surface form: Mary the mother of James Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ surface form: Nicodemus Salome ⓘ
hasPrincipalAgent	Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ
hasRitualAction	anointing with spices ⓘ wrapping of Jesus’ body in linen ⓘ
hasRitualObject	aloes ⓘ linen shroud ⓘ myrrh ⓘ spices ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Entombment of Christ Lamentation of Christ ⓘ
mentionedInCreedPhrase	“was crucified, died, and was buried” ⓘ
precedes	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Jesus
religiousSignificance	confirms reality of Jesus’ death ⓘ fulfillment of Scripture ⓘ prepares for the Resurrection of Jesus ⓘ
timeAfter	death of Jesus on the cross ⓘ
timeBefore	the first day of the week ⓘ
timeConstraint	before the Jewish Sabbath began ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Crucifixion of Jesus → followedBy → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Gospel of Mark → containsEpisode → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Michelangelo's Pietà → depicts → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: dead body of Jesus Christ

Passion of Christ → includesEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Burial of Jesus → iconographicTheme → Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Entombment of Christ

Burial of Jesus → hasLanguageName → Burial of Jesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: English: Burial of Jesus

Paschal Triduum → commemoratesEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Great Week → focusesOnEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Third Week → keyEventMeditated → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

Stone of Anointing → associatedWithEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Joseph of Arimathea → associatedEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Joseph of Arimathea → category → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

tomb of Joseph of Arimathea → associatedWithEvent → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

Good Friday Vespers → focusesOn → Burial of Jesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: burial of Jesus

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Referenced by (14)

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