Gospel infancy narratives

E19165

Christian text tradition New Testament tradition biblical narrative

The Gospel infancy narratives are the New Testament accounts in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that describe the miraculous conception, birth, and early life of Jesus.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gospel infancy narratives canonical	4
Genealogy of Jesus	1
Gospel of Luke nativity narrative	1
Infancy narrative of Jesus	1
New Testament infancy narratives	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158443 — 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.

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Target entity: Gospel infancy narratives
Context triple: [Saint Joseph, inspiredBy, Gospel infancy narratives]

A. Gospels
The Gospels are the New Testament books that narrate the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
B. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
C. Gospels and Acts
Gospels and Acts is the New Testament section that narrates the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early history of the Christian church.
D. Christology
Christology is the branch of Christian theology that studies the person, nature, and work of Jesus Christ.
E. Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke is a New Testament book that presents a detailed narrative of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his compassion, concern for the marginalized, and the universality of 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: Gospel infancy narratives
Target entity description: The Gospel infancy narratives are the New Testament accounts in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that describe the miraculous conception, birth, and early life of Jesus.

A. Gospels
The Gospels are the New Testament books that narrate the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
B. Incarnation of Christ
The Incarnation of Christ is the Christian belief that the eternal Son of God assumed human nature in the person of Jesus Christ, who is both fully divine and fully human.
C. Gospels and Acts
Gospels and Acts is the New Testament section that narrates the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the early history of the Christian church.
D. Christology
Christology is the branch of Christian theology that studies the person, nature, and work of Jesus Christ.
E. Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke is a New Testament book that presents a detailed narrative of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his compassion, concern for the marginalized, and the universality of salvation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian text tradition ⓘ New Testament tradition ⓘ biblical narrative ⓘ
associatedWith	Elizabeth ⓘ Herod the Great ⓘ God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Holy Spirit John the Baptist ⓘ Saint Joseph ⓘ surface form: Joseph, husband of Mary Magi ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus Virgin birth of Jesus ⓘ Zechariah ⓘ Gabriel ⓘ surface form: angel Gabriel shepherds ⓘ
chronologicalScope	from conception of Jesus to his childhood GENERATED ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
distinctFrom	Passion narrative ⓘ surface form: Passion narratives resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection narratives public ministry narratives of Jesus ⓘ
featureEvent	Adoration of the Magi ⓘ Annunciation GENERATED ⓘ Finding in the Temple ⓘ Flight into Egypt ⓘ Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Nativity of Jesus Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ surface form: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Shepherds visiting the newborn Jesus ⓘ Visitation ⓘ
hasPart	Infancy narrative in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ Infancy narrative in the Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
mainSubject	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus
narrativeFocus	birth of Jesus ⓘ conception of Jesus ⓘ early life of Jesus ⓘ
partOf	New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
setIn	Bethlehem ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Nazareth ⓘ
sourceText	Gospel of Luke ⓘ surface form: Gospel according to Luke Gospel of Matthew ⓘ surface form: Gospel according to Matthew
theologicalTheme	Incarnation ⓘ divine sonship of Jesus ⓘ fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy ⓘ messiahship of Jesus ⓘ salvation ⓘ

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

Saint Joseph → inspiredBy → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

Gospel of Luke → contains → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Infancy narrative of Jesus

Milk Grotto → linkedToBiblicalNarrative → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → traditionallyAssociatedWith → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field

this entity surface form: Gospel of Luke nativity narrative

Feast of the Holy Family → hasScripturalBasisIn → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

Mysteria Gaudiosa → basedOn → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Testament infancy narratives

Obed → partOf → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Genealogy of Jesus

Saint Joseph as guardian of Christ the Redeemer → groundedIn → Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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