Jesus’ Galilean ministry

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New Testament event biblical narrative unit period of Jesus’ public ministry phase of Jesus’ life

Jesus’ Galilean ministry was the period of his public life when he traveled through the Galilee region teaching, healing, and gathering disciples, with Capernaum serving as his primary base of activity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Jesus’ Galilean ministry canonical	2
Galilean ministry of Jesus	1
Jesus’ ministry in Galilee	1
Life of Jesus in Nazareth	1
Life of Jesus in the New Testament	1
ministry of Jesus	1
ministry of Jesus of Nazareth	1
part of “The Galilee Journeys of Jesus and the Apostles” (tentative)	1
preserves material context of New Testament Capernaum	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2027774 — 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: Jesus’ Galilean ministry
Context triple: [Capernaum, centralTo, Jesus’ Galilean ministry]

A. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount is a classic multi-volume exposition of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount that offers detailed, devotional, and doctrinal teaching on Matthew chapters 5–7.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
E. Harmony of the Gospels
Harmony of the Gospels is a biblical study work that arranges and compares the four New Testament Gospels into a single, coherent narrative to highlight their relationships and differences.
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: Jesus’ Galilean ministry
Target entity description: Jesus’ Galilean ministry was the period of his public life when he traveled through the Galilee region teaching, healing, and gathering disciples, with Capernaum serving as his primary base of activity.

A. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount is a classic multi-volume exposition of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount that offers detailed, devotional, and doctrinal teaching on Matthew chapters 5–7.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
E. Harmony of the Gospels
Harmony of the Gospels is a biblical study work that arranges and compares the four New Testament Gospels into a single, coherent narrative to highlight their relationships and differences.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament event ⓘ biblical narrative unit ⓘ period of Jesus’ public ministry ⓘ phase of Jesus’ life ⓘ
centralFigure	Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ
documentedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
follows	Jesus’ baptism and temptation ⓘ
geographicalContext	Roman province of Judea and surrounding territories ⓘ
hasBaseOfOperations	Capernaum ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Beatitudes proclamation ⓘ linked to: Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount ⓘ calling of Levi (Matthew) ⓘ calling of Peter, Andrew, James, and John ⓘ calming of the storm on the Sea of Galilee ⓘ controversies over Sabbath observance ⓘ exorcism in the Capernaum synagogue ⓘ feeding of the five thousand ⓘ healing of Peter’s mother-in-law ⓘ healing of a centurion’s servant ⓘ healing of a paralytic in Capernaum ⓘ healing of the woman with the issue of blood ⓘ mission of the Twelve ⓘ raising of Jairus’s daughter ⓘ rejection at Nazareth ⓘ selection of the Twelve apostles ⓘ walking on the water ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	authority of Jesus’ teaching ⓘ compassion for the sick and marginalized ⓘ conflict with religious leaders ⓘ faith ⓘ formation of the disciple community ⓘ proclamation of the kingdom of God ⓘ repentance ⓘ
hasLanguageContext	Aramaic-speaking Jewish population ⓘ
hasOutcome	gathering of a core group of disciples ⓘ intensifying opposition from some religious leaders ⓘ widespread fame of Jesus in Galilee ⓘ
hasPrimaryLocation	Galilee ⓘ
hasRegion	Bethsaida ⓘ Chorazin ⓘ Decapolis vicinity ⓘ Gennesaret ⓘ Magdala ⓘ Nazareth vicinity ⓘ linked to: Nazareth Mountains region Sea of Galilee area ⓘ linked to: Sea of Galilee
includesActivity	calling disciples ⓘ exorcism ⓘ healing ⓘ lake-side preaching ⓘ mountain preaching ⓘ parabolic teaching ⓘ performing miracles ⓘ preaching the kingdom of God ⓘ synagogue teaching ⓘ teaching ⓘ
precedes	Jesus’ Judean ministry ⓘ
religiousContext	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
timeLocatedIn	Tiberian Roman period ⓘ linked to: Herodian period early 1st century CE ⓘ

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