Nativity

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See also: Nativity scene.

The chronological story of Nativity of Jesus Christ according to Gospel harmony (w:)

See also:

• Category:Marriage of the Virgin
  • Category:Saint Joseph and Baby Jesus
  • Category:Madonna and Child
• Category:House of Nazareth
• Category:Birth and childhood of Jesus
  • Category:Baby Jesus
• Category:Genealogy of Jesus
  • Category:Tree of Jesse
• Category:Nativity
• Category:Christmas
  • Category:Christmas in art

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  Luke 01:05-7
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth
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  Luke 01:11-12
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth
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  Luke 01:13-17
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth
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  Luke 01:18
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth
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  Luke 01:19-20
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth
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  Luke 01:21-23
  Announcement of the Baptist's birth

Main: Annunciation

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  Embroidered bookbinding 13th century, Annunciation
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  Annunciation, 1442/3, Museum of San Marco
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  by Simone Martini
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  by Mathis Gothart Grünewald
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  by Leonardo da Vinci
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  by Sandro Botticelli
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  by El Greco
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  by Robert Campin
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  by Duccio di Buoninsegna
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  by Rogier van der Weyden
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  by Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo

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  Matthew 01:18-25a
  Announcement of Jesus' birth to Joseph
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  by Gaetano Gandolf
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  by Bernardo Cavallino
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  by Alexandr Ivanov
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  by Daniele Crespi
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  by Georges de La Tour
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  by Antonio Ciseri
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  by Anton Raphael Mengs
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  by Sueño de José
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  by Gerard Seghers
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  by T'oros Roslin

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  Matthew 01:18-25a
  Announcement of Jesus' birth to Joseph
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  Matthew 01:18-25a
  Announcement of Jesus' birth to Joseph
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  Ceramic figures of Mary and Joseph. Nativity sets are popular in Mexico during Christmas
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  by Hans Pleydenwurff

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  Luke 01:39-42
  Mary visits Elizabeth
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  Luke 01:43-45
  Mary visits Elizabeth
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  Luke 01:56
  Mary visits Elizabeth
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  by Hans Baldung
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  by Collégiale Notre-Dame
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  by Benedito Calixto
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  by Artists in the Bowyer Bible” by Phillip Medhurst
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  by Philippe de Champaigne
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  by Albrecht Dürer
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  by Frans Francken (II)
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  Luke 01:57-58
  Birth of John the Baptist/Zechariah as priest
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  Luke 01:59-61
  Birth of John the Baptist/Zechariah as priest
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  Luke 01:62-66
  Birth of John the Baptist/Zechariah as priest
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  Luke 01:80
  Birth of John the Baptist/Zechariah as priest

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  Matthew 01:18-25a
  Announcement of Jesus' birth to Joseph
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  Matthew 01:18-25a
  Announcement of Jesus' birth to Joseph
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  by Meister der Kahriye-Cami-Kirche in Istanbul
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  by Pieter Brueghel the Younger

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  by Rogier van der Weyden

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  Luke 02:08-9
  The Shepherd's Joy
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  Luke 02:10-12
  The Shepherd's Joy
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  by Govert Flinck
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  Engel erscheint den Hirten, Öl auf Holz
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  Paintings of the Elisabeth van Thuringen Fonds, Haarlem
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  by Simon Marmion
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  by Taddeo Gaddi
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  by Abraham Hondius
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  by Bernardino Luini
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  by Nicolas Poussin
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  by Edmund von Wörndle
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  Stained glass window of Église Saint-Pierre de Montfort-l'Amaury
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  Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (miniature)
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  Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne (miniature)
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  A nativity scene
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  Luke 02:16
  The Shepherd's Joy
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  Luke 02:17-20
  The Shepherd's Joy
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  by Guido Reni
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  by Guido Reni (detail, mirrored)
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  by Gerard van Honthorst
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  by Matthias Stom
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  by Abraham Hondius
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  by Amico Aspertini
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  Stained glass in Great Witley, Worcestershire
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  by Lorenzo Sabbatini
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  by Carel Fabritius
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  Azulejos in Vilar de Frades Church, Barcelos, Portugal
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  Nativity scene
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  by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo
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  by José de Sarabia
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  by Mikael Toppelius
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  by Mattia Preti
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  Interior of St. Ulrich and St. Afra (Augsburg)

See also: sculptures, stained glass windows, and paintings for more images

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  Luke 02:21
  Jesus' circumcision
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  by Friedrich Herlin
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  by Domenico Tintoretto
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  by Peter Paul Rubens
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  by Giovanni Bellini
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  by Giotto di Bondone
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  by Girolamo Alibrandi
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  by Vincenzo Dandini
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  by Sigismondo Coccapani
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  by unknown, in Museo Bandini
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  Menologion of Basil II. f.287
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  Noyer polychrome. Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
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  Medieval miniature

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  Luke 02:22-26
  Jesus' presentation at the Temple
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  Luke 02:27
  Jesus' presentation at the Temple
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  Luke 02:28-33
  Jesus' presentation at the Temple
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  Luke 02:34-35
  Jesus' presentation at the Temple
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  by Abraham van Dijck
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  by Andrea Celesti
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  by Andrey Ivanov
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  by Diego Valentin Diaz
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  by Duccio di Buoninsegna
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  Azulejos in Gilmonde, Barcelos, Portugal.
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  by Lorenzo Lotto
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  by Meister des Marienlebens
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  by Paolo Veronese
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  by Pieter de Kempener
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  by Gentile da Fabriano
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  illumination
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  Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut parish church ( Upper Austria ). High altar ( 1481 ) by Michael Pacher: Presentation of Christ - detail
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  by Stefan Lochner
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  by
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  by Anonymous follower of Juan de Borgoña

Main: Star of Bethlehem

Note: It was never explicitly said there was three persons

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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  by James Tissot
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  other version
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  by Franz Xaver Merz
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  by Stefano di Giovanni
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  reenactment
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  "Two Wise Men" by Vittore Carpaccio
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  by Francesco Landonio
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  by Leonaert Bramer
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  Frontal d'altar de Mosoll
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  by Joseph Binder
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  by Zanobi Strozzi
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  sculptures of Jacques de Landshut on the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Strasbourg
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  Portico (Pórtico dos Reis Magos) in Natal, Brazil
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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  by James Tissot
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  Illustrations from Alden's Prince of Peace c. 1890
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  Stained glass window of Virgin Mary of Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières
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  by T'oros Roslin
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  Stained glass windows of Herod the Great
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  The three Magi before Herod, France, early 15th century.

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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  Matthew 02:01-12
  Wisemen from the East
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  by Antonio Vivarini
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  by Edward Burne-Jones
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  by Dosso Dossi
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  by Charles André van Loo
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  by Fra Angelico
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  by Francisco Camilo
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  by Francesco Bassano the Younger
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  by Luca di Tommè
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  by Leonaert Bramer
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  by Juan Dò
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  by Hugo van der Goes
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  scene of Adoration
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  by Peter Paul Rubens
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  by Peter Paul Rubens
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  by Giovanni Paolo Panini
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  by Jan de Bray
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    by Mathias Stomer
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  Matthew 02:13-18
  Escape to Egypt/Herod's fury
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  "Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Luc-Olivier Merson
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  by Joseph Mallord William Turner
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  by Nikolay Koshelev
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  by Adam de Colone
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  by Adam Elsheimer
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  by José Ferraz deAlmeida Júnior
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  by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
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  by Raffaello Sorbi
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  by Rembrandt
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  by anonymous
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  by Anthonie Mirou
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  by Heures de Maréchal de Boucicaut
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  Matthew 02:13-18
  Escape to Egypt/Herod's fury
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  by Jacopo Tintoretto
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  by Pieter Brueghel the younger
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  by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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  by François-Joseph Navez
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  by Lucas van Valkenborch
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  by Cornelis van Haarlem
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  by Guido Reni
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  by Guido Reni - cropped
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  by Nicolas Poussin
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  by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre

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  Matthew 02:19-23
  Return to Nazareth
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  Matthew 02:19-23
  Return to Nazareth
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  by Jacob Jordaens
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  by Jacques d'Arthois
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  by James Tissot
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  by Francesco Conti
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  by Jacob de Wit
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  by Nicolas Poussin

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  Betrothal to Joseph
  Matthew 1:18
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  Joseph's 1st dream
  Matthew 1:20-21
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  Birth of Jesus
  Matthew 2:1
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  w:Adoration of the Magi
  Matthew 2:3-12
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  Joseph's 2nd dream
  Matthew 2:13
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  w:Flight to Egypt
  Matthew 2:13-15
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  Massacre of Innocents
  Matthew 2:16-18
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  Joseph's 3rd dream -- Return from Egypt
  Matthew 2:22-23

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  Betrothal to Joseph
  Luke 1:26-27
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  w:Annunciation to Mary
  Luke 1:26-38
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  w:Visitation of Mary
  Luke 1:39-56
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  Birth of Jesus
  Luke 2:1-7
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  w:Annunciation to the Shepherds
  Luke 2:8-15
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  w:Adoration of the Shepherds
  Luke 2:16-20
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  Temple presentation
  Luke 2:21-38
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  w:Return of young Jesus to Nazareth
  Luke 2:39-40