Massacre of the Innocents
Britishnoun
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You'll see a very good Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting called The Massacre of the Innocents.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2017
In this retelling, the Massacre of the Innocents is not just a foreordained step on the way to glory but an indelible horror that contaminates Jesus and his family forever.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2015
The top price for an Old Master was reached in 2002 when Sir Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents sold for £49.5m.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2012
The record is held by Rubens' The Massacre of the Innocents which sold for £49.5m in 2002.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2011
The narrative of the parallel Gospel of St. Luke seems, if not to exclude the Massacre of the Innocents, yet to imply an ignorance of it.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William
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