Massacre of the Innocents

British  

noun

1. the slaughter of all the young male children of Bethlehem at Herod's command in an attempt to destroy Jesus (Matthew 2:16–18)

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Example Sentences

In Germany, protesters have stuck themselves to works including Rubens’s “Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem,” which hangs in the Alte Pinakothek, in Munich.

From New York Times

It's said that the Holy Family sought refuge here during the Massacre of the Innocents by King Herod.

From BBC

And when he depicts the figure of a child apparently sick and dying in his mother’s arms, he lifts the figure from a painting of “The Massacre of the Innocents” by the European artist Francois Joseph Navez.

From New York Times

“Massacre of the Innocents,” originally depicting the slaughter of children, is thought of today by some critics as one of Bruegel’s most strident criticisms of the atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands.

From New York Times

Ms. Pénot compares these changes to those that have been previously noted in Bruegel’s “Massacre of the Innocents,” which is currently in the British royal collection.

From New York Times