New Testament Passion narratives

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Christian scripture pericopes Gospel narratives biblical narratives

The New Testament Passion narratives are the Gospel accounts that recount Jesus Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, death, and events immediately surrounding them.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
New Testament Passion narratives canonical	4
New Testament Passion narrative	3
Gospel passion narratives	2
Johannine passion narrative	2
New Testament passion narratives	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917363 — 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: New Testament Passion narratives
Context triple: [Sorrowful Mysteries, scripturalBasis, New Testament Passion narratives]

A. Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke is a patristic exegetical work by Cyril of Alexandria offering theological and pastoral interpretation of the New Testament Gospel of Luke.
B. Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
C. Apocryphal New Testament writings
Apocryphal New Testament writings are early Christian texts that imitate or expand upon New Testament genres such as gospels, acts, letters, and apocalypses but were not accepted into the canonical New Testament.
D. Commentary on the Gospel of John
Commentary on the Gospel of John is a major patristic theological and exegetical work offering Cyril of Alexandria’s detailed interpretation of the Gospel according to John.
E. The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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: New Testament Passion narratives
Target entity description: The New Testament Passion narratives are the Gospel accounts that recount Jesus Christ’s suffering, crucifixion, death, and events immediately surrounding them.

A. Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke is a patristic exegetical work by Cyril of Alexandria offering theological and pastoral interpretation of the New Testament Gospel of Luke.
B. Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
C. Apocryphal New Testament writings
Apocryphal New Testament writings are early Christian texts that imitate or expand upon New Testament genres such as gospels, acts, letters, and apocalypses but were not accepted into the canonical New Testament.
D. Commentary on the Gospel of John
Commentary on the Gospel of John is a major patristic theological and exegetical work offering Cyril of Alexandria’s detailed interpretation of the Gospel according to John.
E. The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture pericopes ⓘ Gospel narratives ⓘ biblical narratives ⓘ
centralFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
containCharacter	Caiaphas ⓘ Judas Iscariot ⓘ Mary Magdalene ⓘ Mary the mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary Pontius Pilate ⓘ Simon Peter ⓘ linked to: Apostle Peter
genre	ancient biographical narrative ⓘ
hasPart	Passion narrative in the Gospel of John ⓘ Passion narrative in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ Passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark ⓘ Passion narrative in the Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
includeEvent	Agony in Gethsemane ⓘ linked to: Agony in the Garden Jewish trial of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Trial of Jesus Last Supper ⓘ Roman trial before Pontius Pilate ⓘ linked to: Trial of Jesus Way of the Cross ⓘ linked to: Stations of the Cross arrest of Jesus ⓘ betrayal by Judas Iscariot ⓘ burial of Jesus ⓘ crucifixion at Golgotha ⓘ death of Jesus on the cross ⓘ mocking of Jesus ⓘ scourging of Jesus ⓘ
influenceOn	Christian art ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian music ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read during Holy Week ⓘ read on Good Friday ⓘ read on Palm Sunday ⓘ
locationDescribed	Gethsemane ⓘ linked to: Garden of Gethsemane Golgotha ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf	New Testament ⓘ canonical Gospels ⓘ
recount	crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Crucifixion of Jesus death of Jesus ⓘ events immediately surrounding the death of Jesus ⓘ suffering of Jesus ⓘ
significanceInChristianity	central to Christology ⓘ central to soteriology ⓘ
sourceText	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
studiedIn	biblical studies ⓘ historical Jesus research ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ
theologicalTheme	atonement ⓘ fulfillment of Scripture ⓘ obedience of Jesus ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	Passover festival in Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Passover final days of Jesus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited