Crucifixion of Jesus

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New Testament event Passion of Jesus execution religious event

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.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
Crucifixion of Jesus canonical	98
crucifixion of Jesus	34
Crucifixion of Christ	11
crucifixion of Jesus Christ	4
Crucifixion	3
Christ crucified	2
Christ bearing punishment	1
Christ on the cross	1
Christ’s crucifixion	1
Crucifixion and Death of Jesus	1
Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus	1
Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional belief)	1
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ	1
Death of Jesus	1
Death of Jesus Christ	1
Death of Jesus on the cross	1
crocifissione di Gesù Cristo	1
crucifixion at Golgotha	1
crucifixion of Christ	1
death of Jesus	1
sacrifice of Jesus Christ	1
suffering of Jesus Christ	1
the Crucifixion of Jesus	1
the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ	1
the crucifixion of Jesus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35149 — 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: Crucifixion of Jesus
Context triple: [Easter, followsEvent, Crucifixion of Jesus]

A. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
B. Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
C. Second Coming of Christ
The Second Coming of Christ is the anticipated future return of Jesus to earth in Christian eschatology to judge humanity and fully establish God’s kingdom.
D. 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.
E. Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
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: Crucifixion of Jesus
Target entity description: 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.

A. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
B. Roman destruction of the Second Temple
The Roman destruction of the Second Temple was the 70 CE siege and razing of Jerusalem’s central Jewish sanctuary by Roman forces, a watershed event that reshaped Jewish religious life and diaspora history.
C. Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
D. Second Coming of Christ
The Second Coming of Christ is the anticipated future return of Jesus to earth in Christian eschatology to judge humanity and fully establish God’s kingdom.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament event ⓘ Passion of Jesus ⓘ execution ⓘ religious event ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 30 CE ⓘ c. 33 CE ⓘ
associatedWith	Stations of the Cross ⓘ Suffering servant ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Eucharist ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist
commemoratedIn	Christian liturgy ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Good Friday ⓘ
country	Roman Judea ⓘ linked to: Judea
date	1st century CE ⓘ
dayOfWeek	Friday ⓘ
followedBy	Burial of Jesus ⓘ Resurrection of Jesus ⓘ linked to: resurrection of Jesus Christ
hasCause	Roman capital punishment practices ⓘ conflict between Jesus and religious authorities of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ
hasWitness	Beloved Disciple ⓘ linked to: Apostle John Mary Magdalene ⓘ Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary Roman centurion ⓘ
inscriptionOnCross	INRI ⓘ Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews ⓘ linked to: INRI
legalCharge	claiming to be King of the Jews ⓘ
location	Calvary ⓘ linked to: Golgotha Golgotha ⓘ outside Jerusalem ⓘ
methodOfExecution	crucifixion ⓘ
narratedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
partOf	Passion of Christ ⓘ
perpetratedBy	Pontius Pilate ⓘ Roman authorities ⓘ
precededBy	Agony in the Garden ⓘ linked to: Stations of the Cross Last Supper ⓘ Trial of Jesus ⓘ
religiousSignificance	act of atonement for sins ⓘ central event in Christian theology ⓘ means of human salvation in Christian belief ⓘ
symbolizedBy	Christian cross ⓘ crucifix ⓘ
theologicalInterpretation	Christus Victor ⓘ linked to: Christus Victor theory of atonement moral influence theory of atonement ⓘ substitutionary atonement ⓘ
viewedAs	redemptive death ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited