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searchaux" style="display:none">Episode in the story of Jesus's nativity</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (disambiguation)">Adoration of the Shepherds (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg/220px-Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg/330px-Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg/440px-Anbetung_der_Hirten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2354" data-file-height="2324" /></a><figcaption><i>Adoration of the Shepherds</i> by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Ghirlandaio" title="Domenico Ghirlandaio">Domenico Ghirlandaio</a>, 1485</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg/220px-Giorgione_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_National_Gallery_of_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/El_Greco_%28Domenikos_Theotokopoulos%29_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28ca._1605%E2%80%9310%29_-_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg/220px-El_Greco_%28Domenikos_Theotokopoulos%29_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28ca._1605%E2%80%9310%29_-_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/El_Greco_%28Domenikos_Theotokopoulos%29_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28ca._1605%E2%80%9310%29_-_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg/330px-El_Greco_%28Domenikos_Theotokopoulos%29_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28ca._1605%E2%80%9310%29_-_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg 1.5x, 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title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1635–1640</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Adoration_of_the_Shepherds,_Murillo_(Prado_Museum).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg/220px-Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg/330px-Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg/440px-Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_Murillo_%28Prado_Museum%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5640" data-file-height="4650" /></a><figcaption><i><a 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The episode is recounted, or at least implied, in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> and follows on from the <a href="/wiki/Annunciation_to_the_shepherds" title="Annunciation to the shepherds">annunciation to the shepherds</a>, in which the shepherds are summoned by an angel to the scene of the birth. Like the episode preceding it, the adoration is a common subject <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" title="Nativity of Jesus in art">in art</a>, where it is often combined with the <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">Adoration of the Magi</a>. In such cases it is typically just referred to by the latter title. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_narrative">Biblical narrative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biblical narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The adoration is an episode in the nativity narrative of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>. Shepherds are watching their flocks by night, apparently near Bethlehem, when an angel appears to announce the good news that "today in the City of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards201574–75_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards201574–75-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The angelic promise is accompanied by a sign: they will find the saviour in the form of "a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards201577_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards201577-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host" (the Greek word used here indicates a military formation, an army) appeared and joined the angel, singing "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace among those of good will".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards201578_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards201578-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote> <p><sup>15</sup> When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." <sup>16</sup> So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. </p> </blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Annunciation_to_the_shepherds" title="Annunciation to the shepherds">annunciation to the shepherds</a>, which precedes the adoration, forms a distinct subject in <a href="/wiki/Christian_art" title="Christian art">Christian art</a> and is sometimes included in a nativity scene as a peripheral feature (even though it occurs before the adoration itself), as in the 1485 scene by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Ghirlandaio" title="Domenico Ghirlandaio">Domenico Ghirlandaio</a>, where it can be seen in the upper left corner. Ghirlandaio also shows a procession of Magi about to arrive with their gifts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_commentary">Biblical commentary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biblical commentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Baxter" title="Roger Baxter">Roger Baxter</a> reflects on verse 15 ("Let us go to Bethlehem..."), writing, "Observe the prompt obedience of the shepherds, and learn thence to obey with promptitude the divine inspirations." For they came with haste. No one can see Christ slothfully," says St. <a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Bede" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Bede">Venerable Bede</a> makes a similar comment: "The shepherds hasten, for the presence of Christ must not be sought with sluggishness; and many perchance that seek Christ do not merit to find Him, because they seek Him slothfully."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art">In art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The scene is very commonly combined with the <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">Adoration of the Magi</a>, which makes for a balanced composition, as the two groups often occupy opposite sides of the image space around the central figures, and represent the theological interpretation of the episode where the two groups – <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gentile" title="Gentile">gentile</a> – represented the peoples of the world between them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This combination is first found in the 6th-century <a href="/wiki/Monza_ampullae" title="Monza ampullae">Monza ampullae</a> made in Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Palaestina_Prima" title="Palaestina Prima">Palaestina Prima</a>. </p><p>The depiction of the adoration of the shepherds as a theme distinct from that of the Magi began to appear in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">western Christian world</a> in around the 15th century. The shepherds are sometimes shown presenting simpler gifts to Jesus than those of the Magi, such as lambs.<sup id="cite_ref-Britanica_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britanica-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_art" title="Renaissance art">Renaissance art</a>, drawing on classical stories of <a href="/wiki/Orpheus" title="Orpheus">Orpheus</a>, the shepherds are sometimes depicted with musical instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively, it has been argued that this motif derives from a custom of playing the pipes before images of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_and_Child" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin and Child">Virgin and Child</a> at Christmas in parts of Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A charming but atypical miniature in the <i>La Flora Hours</i> in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> shows the shepherds playing to the <a href="/wiki/Christ_Child" title="Christ Child">Christ Child</a>, as a delighted Virgin Mary stands to one side.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It became a common theme in <a href="/wiki/Altarpieces" class="mw-redirect" title="Altarpieces">altarpieces</a> as well as other art forms.<sup id="cite_ref-Britanica_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britanica-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many artists have depicted the subject. Famous examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Correggio" class="mw-redirect" title="Correggio">Correggio</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nativity_(Correggio)" title="Nativity (Correggio)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie_Alte_Meister" title="Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister">Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Caravaggio)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Caravaggio)"><i>Adoration of the Shepherds</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Museum_of_Messina" title="Regional Museum of Messina">Museo Regionale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenichino" title="Domenichino">Domenichino</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Domenichino)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Domenichino)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Gallery" title="Scottish National Gallery">Scottish National Gallery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgione" title="Giorgione">Giorgione</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Giorgione)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Giorgione)">Allendale Nativity</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art" title="National Gallery of Art">National Gallery of Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(El_Greco)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (El Greco)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Museo_del_Prado" title="Museo del Prado">Museo del Prado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Nain_brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Nain brothers">Le Nain brothers</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Le_Nain)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Le Nain)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_van_der_Goes" title="Hugo van der Goes">Hugo van der Goes</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Portinari_Triptych" class="mw-redirect" title="Portinari Triptych">Portinari Triptych</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Galleria_degli_Uffizi" class="mw-redirect" title="Galleria degli Uffizi">Galleria degli Uffizi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_di_Credi" title="Lorenzo di Credi">Lorenzo di Credi</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Lorenzo_di_Credi)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Lorenzo di Credi)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, also Uffizi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna" title="Andrea Mantegna">Andrea Mantegna</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Mantegna)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Mantegna)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Edward Burne-Jones</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stained-glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Stained-glass">stained-glass</a> windows in <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church,_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Church, Boston">Trinity Church, Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giotto" title="Giotto">Giotto</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Scrovegni_Chapel" title="Scrovegni Chapel">Scrovegni Chapel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Padua" title="Padua">Padua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour" title="Georges de La Tour">Georges de La Tour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Esteban_Murillo" title="Bartolomé Esteban Murillo">Bartolomé Esteban Murillo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">Hermitage Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Poussin" title="Nicolas Poussin">Nicolas Poussin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rembrandt" title="Rembrandt">Rembrandt</a>, National Gallery, London</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_Reni" title="Guido Reni">Guido Reni</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Reni)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Reni)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Certosa_di_San_Martino" title="Certosa di San Martino">Certosa di San Martino</a>, Naples</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Schongauer" title="Martin Schongauer">Martin Schongauer</a>, Berlin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Ghirlandaio" title="Domenico Ghirlandaio">Domenico Ghirlandaio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sassetti_Chapel" title="Sassetti Chapel">Sassetti Chapel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Trinita" title="Santa Trinita">Santa Trinita</a>, Florence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_van_Honthorst" title="Gerard van Honthorst">Gerard van Honthorst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallraf-Richartz_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallraf-Richartz Museum">Wallraf-Richartz Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christmas_carols">Christmas carols</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Christmas carols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several well-known <a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Christmas carols</a> mention the Adoration of the Shepherds. Some of these do so along the lines of urging the listener to come to Bethlehem such as the "<a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Pipe_Carol" title="Shepherd's Pipe Carol">Shepherd's Pipe Carol</a>". The modern "<a href="/wiki/Calypso_Carol" title="Calypso Carol">Calypso Carol</a>" has the lines "Shepherds swiftly from your stupor rise / to see the Saviour of the world," and the chorus "O now carry me to Bethlehem." "<a href="/wiki/Angels_We_Have_Heard_on_High" title="Angels We Have Heard on High">Angels We Have Heard on High</a>" says, "Come to Bethlehem and see / Him Whose birth the angels sing." </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/O_Come,_All_Ye_Faithful" title="O Come, All Ye Faithful">O Come, All Ye Faithful</a>" ("Adeste Fideles" in the Latin version) has a verse which runs: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>See how the shepherds,<br /> Summoned to His cradle,<br /> Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;<br /> We too will thither<br /> Bend our joyful footsteps. </p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Other carols which mention the Adoration of the Shepherds include "<a href="/wiki/Silent_Night" title="Silent Night">Silent Night</a>", "<a href="/wiki/What_Child_Is_This" class="mw-redirect" title="What Child Is This">What Child Is This</a>?", "<a href="/wiki/Infant_Holy,_Infant_Lowly" title="Infant Holy, Infant Lowly">Infant Holy, Infant Lowly</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Wonder_as_I_Wander" title="I Wonder as I Wander">I Wonder as I Wander</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/O_Come,_Little_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="O Come, Little Children">O Come, Little Children</a>". The German carol "<a href="/wiki/Vom_Himmel_hoch,_da_komm_ich_her" title="Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her">Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her</a>" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") contains several stanzas on the subject of following the shepherds and celebrating the newborn baby. The <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> carol "Nesem vám noviny ("Come, All Ye Shepherds", in German "<a href="/wiki/Kommet,_ihr_Hirten" title="Kommet, ihr Hirten">Kommet, ihr Hirten</a>") concerns the adoration of the shepherds; the middle verse of Mari Ruef Hofer's English version runs: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Hasten then, hasten to Bethlehem's stall,<br /> There to see heaven descend to us all.<br /> With holy feeling, there humbly kneeling,<br /> We will adore Him, bow down before Him,<br /> Worship the King.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MCB-icon11.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adoration of the Magi in the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens"><img alt="Adoration of the Magi in the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MCB-icon11.jpg/145px-MCB-icon11.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MCB-icon11.jpg/218px-MCB-icon11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/MCB-icon11.jpg/290px-MCB-icon11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="486" data-file-height="669" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Adoration of the Magi</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_and_Christian_Museum" title="Byzantine and Christian Museum">Byzantine and Christian Museum</a> in Athens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronzino"><img alt="Bronzino" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg/143px-Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg" decoding="async" width="143" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg/214px-Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg/285px-Worship_of_the_shepherds_by_bronzino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3162" data-file-height="4430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/Bronzino" title="Bronzino">Bronzino</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311"><img alt="Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg/200px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg/300px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg/400px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="1992" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna" class="mw-redirect" title="Duccio di Buoninsegna">Duccio di Buoninsegna</a>, 1308–1311</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Giotto, c. 1320"><img alt="Giotto, c. 1320" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg/196px-Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg/294px-Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg/392px-Birth_of_Jesus_-_Capella_dei_Scrovegni_-_Padua_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2364" data-file-height="2412" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Giotto" title="Giotto">Giotto</a>, <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1320</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Andrea Mantegna, 1451–1453"><img alt="Andrea Mantegna, 1451–1453" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/200px-Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/300px-Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/400px-Andrea_Mantegna_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3911" data-file-height="2879" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna" title="Andrea Mantegna">Andrea Mantegna</a>, 1451–1453</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hugo van der Goes c. 1475"><img alt="Hugo van der Goes c. 1475" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/200px-Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/300px-Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/400px-Hugo_van_der_Goes_-_Trittico_Portinari_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="2288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hugo_van_der_Goes" title="Hugo van der Goes">Hugo van der Goes</a> <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1475</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Correggio, 1529"><img alt="Correggio, 1529" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/147px-Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="147" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/293px-Correggio_-_The_Holy_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3179" data-file-height="4332" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Correggio" class="mw-redirect" title="Correggio">Correggio</a>, 1529</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaudenzio Ferrari c. 1533"><img alt="Gaudenzio Ferrari c. 1533" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG/150px-GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG/225px-GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG/300px-GFerrari_Adorazione_pastori_VC.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gaudenzio_Ferrari" title="Gaudenzio Ferrari">Gaudenzio Ferrari</a> <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1533</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bramantino between 1500 and 1535"><img alt="Bramantino between 1500 and 1535" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg/168px-Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg/252px-Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg/336px-Bramantino_-_De_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2220" data-file-height="2645" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Bramantino" title="Bramantino">Bramantino</a> between 1500 and 1535</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jacopo Bassano, 1580"><img alt="Jacopo Bassano, 1580" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg/200px-Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg/300px-Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg/400px-Jacopobassano_-_adoracao01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="586" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jacopo_Bassano" title="Jacopo Bassano">Jacopo Bassano</a>, 1580</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicolaes_Maes_(Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nicolaes Maes, 1660–1590"><img alt="Nicolaes Maes, 1660–1590" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/174px-Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="174" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/262px-Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/349px-Nicolaes_Maes_%28Dutch_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3495" data-file-height="4006" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nicolaes_Maes" title="Nicolaes Maes">Nicolaes Maes</a>, 1660–1590</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(1622).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gerard van Honthorst, 1622"><img alt="Gerard van Honthorst, 1622" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg/200px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg/300px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg/400px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%281622%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2057" data-file-height="1690" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gerard_van_Honthorst" title="Gerard van Honthorst">Gerard van Honthorst</a>, 1622</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matthias Stom, between 1625 and 1650"><img alt="Matthias Stom, between 1625 and 1650" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/168px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/252px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg/336px-Gerard_van_Honthorst_%E2%80%94_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="1873" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Stom" title="Matthias Stom">Matthias Stom</a>, between 1625 and 1650</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Limoges-Plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="French Limoges enamel plaque, mid-16th century"><img alt="French Limoges enamel plaque, mid-16th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Limoges-Plaque.jpg/137px-Limoges-Plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Limoges-Plaque.jpg/205px-Limoges-Plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Limoges-Plaque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="358" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">French <a href="/wiki/Limoges_enamel" title="Limoges enamel">Limoges enamel</a> plaque, mid-16th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guido_Reni_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Guido Reni, 1630–1642"><img alt="Guido Reni, 1630–1642" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Guido_Reni_003.jpg/164px-Guido_Reni_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="164" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Guido_Reni_003.jpg/246px-Guido_Reni_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Guido_Reni_003.jpg/328px-Guido_Reni_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="2469" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Guido_Reni" title="Guido Reni">Guido Reni</a>, 1630–1642</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Jacob_Jordaens_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jacob Jordaens, 1657"><img alt="Jacob Jordaens, 1657" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Jacob_Jordaens_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/153px-The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Jacob_Jordaens_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Jacob_Jordaens_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/230px-The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_Jacob_Jordaens_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Retablo_del_Nacimiento._Huelgas.jpg/225px-Retablo_del_Nacimiento._Huelgas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Retablo_del_Nacimiento._Huelgas.jpg/300px-Retablo_del_Nacimiento._Huelgas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Gregorio Fernández">Gregorio Fernández</a>, <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1614</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century"><img alt="Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg/159px-Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg/239px-Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Polidoro_Caldara_da_Caravaggio_Adorazione_dei_pastori_Messina_Museo_Regionale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Polidoro_da_Caravaggio" title="Polidoro da Caravaggio">Polidoro da Caravaggio</a>, 16th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Georges de La Tour c. 1644"><img alt="Georges de La Tour c. 1644" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg/200px-Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg/300px-Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg/400px-Georges_de_La_Tour_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="1626" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour" title="Georges de La Tour">Georges de La Tour</a> <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1644</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds,_El_Greco.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="El Greco, 1614"><img alt="El Greco, 1614" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg/112px-The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg/168px-The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg/224px-The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds%2C_El_Greco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1656" data-file-height="2952" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a>, 1614</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ukrainian religious icon, late 17th century"><img alt="Ukrainian religious icon, late 17th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/181px-Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/271px-Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/362px-Shepherds_Bow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2098" data-file-height="2320" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ukrainian religious <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">icon</a>, late 17th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ignace Robert c. 1691, Toul Cathedral"><img alt="Ignace Robert c. 1691, Toul Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG/160px-Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG/241px-Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG/321px-Toul_cathedral_nativity.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2642" data-file-height="3292" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ignace Robert <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1691</span>, <a href="/wiki/Toul_Cathedral" title="Toul Cathedral">Toul Cathedral</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sebastiano Conca c. 1720"><img alt="Sebastiano Conca c. 1720" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg/200px-S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg/300px-S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg/400px-S_Conca_Adoraci%C3%B3n_de_los_Pastores_1720_Getty_Museum_Los_Angeles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="590" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sebastiano_Conca" title="Sebastiano Conca">Sebastiano Conca</a> <span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1720</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_WGA22371.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1751–1753"><img alt="Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1751–1753" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_WGA22371.jpg/200px-Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_-_WGA22371.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" 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title="James Tissot, 1886–1894"><img alt="James Tissot, 1886–1894" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/200px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/300px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/400px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_%28L%27adoration_des_bergers%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="637" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/James_Tissot" title="James Tissot">James Tissot</a>, 1886–1894</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adoration_of_the_Shepherds&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi" title="Adoration of the Magi">Adoration of the Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian art in the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art" title="Nativity of Jesus in art">Nativity of Jesus in art</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Jesus">Historical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Jesus_in_the_New_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Jesus in the New Testament">Life of Jesus in the New Testament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alphaeus" title="Alphaeus">Alphaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_the_Prophetess" title="Anna the Prophetess">Anna the Prophetess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabbas" title="Barabbas">Barabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_blind_near_Jericho" title="Healing the blind near Jericho">Bartimaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blind_man_of_Bethsaida" title="Blind man of Bethsaida">Blind man <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bethsaida)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celidonius" title="Celidonius">Celidonius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopas" title="Cleopas">Cleopas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clopas" title="Clopas">Clopas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil_in_Christianity" title="Devil in Christianity">Devil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penitent_thief" title="Penitent thief">Penitent thief <span style="font-size:85%;">("Dismas")</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_(biblical_figure)" title="Elizabeth (biblical figure)">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impenitent_thief" title="Impenitent thief">Impenitent thief <span style="font-size:85%;">("Gestas")</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Jairus%27_daughter" title="Raising of Jairus' daughter">Jairus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna,_wife_of_Chuza" title="Joanna, wife of Chuza">Joanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus" title="Jude, brother of Jesus">Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_(demons)" title="Legion (demons)">Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysanias" title="Lysanias">Lysanias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha" title="Martha">Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary, mother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_James" title="Mary, mother of James">Mary, mother of James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary, sister of Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Clopas" title="Mary of Clopas">Mary of Clopas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naked_fugitive" title="Naked fugitive">Naked fugitive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_the_son_of_the_widow_of_Nain" title="Raising of the son of the widow of Nain">Son of Nain's widow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nicodemus_ben_Gurion" title="Nicodemus ben Gurion">Nicodemus ben Gurion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salome_(disciple)" title="Salome (disciple)">Salome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan_woman_at_the_well" title="Samaritan woman at the well">Samaritan woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" title="Simeon (Gospel of Luke)">Simeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon,_brother_of_Jesus" title="Simon, brother of Jesus">Simon, brother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon of Cyrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Leper" title="Simon the Leper">Simon the Leper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Pharisee" title="Simon the Pharisee">Simon the Pharisee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_(disciple)" title="Susanna (disciple)">Susanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Syrophoenician_woman%27s_daughter" title="Exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter">Syrophoenician woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_(biblical)" title="Theophilus (biblical)">Theophilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacchaeus" title="Zacchaeus">Zacchaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee" title="Zebedee">Zebedee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(New_Testament_figure)" title="Zechariah (New Testament figure)">Zechariah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Multiple</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_James" title="New Testament people named James">People named James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_John" title="New Testament people named John">People named John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Joseph" title="New Testament people named Joseph">People named Joseph</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Joses" title="Joses">Joses</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Judas_or_Jude" title="New Testament people named Judas or Jude">People named Judas or Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Mary" title="New Testament people named Mary">People named Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Simon" title="New Testament people named Simon">People named Simon or Simeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel#Christian_beliefs" title="Angel">Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus" title="Brothers of Jesus">Jesus's brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_demonology" title="Christian demonology">Demons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Female_disciples_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Female disciples of Jesus">Female disciples of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God-fearer" title="God-fearer">God-fearers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodians" title="Herodians">Herodians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrrhbearers" title="Myrrhbearers">Myrrhbearers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_names_for_the_biblical_nameless#New_Testament" title="List of names for the biblical nameless">Nameless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proselyte" title="Proselyte">Proselytes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadducees" title="Sadducees">Sadducees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sofer" title="Sofer">Scribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_disciples" title="Seventy disciples">Seventy disciples</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_at_the_crucifixion" title="Women at the crucifixion">Women at the crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealots_(Judea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zealots (Judea)">Zealots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">Apostles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathanael</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James,_son_of_Alphaeus" title="James, son of Alphaeus">James, son of Alphaeus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_the_Less" title="James the Less">Less</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_the_Great" title="James the Great">James, son of Zebedee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Patmos" title="John of Patmos">Patmos</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Judas Thaddaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_the_Apostle" title="Matthew the Apostle">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Zealot" title="Simon the Zealot">Simon the Zealot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_(biblical_figure)" title="Aeneas (biblical figure)">Aeneas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agabus" title="Agabus">Agabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_of_Damascus" title="Ananias of Damascus">Ananias <span style="font-size:85%;">(Damascus)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira" title="Ananias and Sapphira">Ananias <span style="font-size:85%;">(Judaea)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_son_of_Nedebeus" title="Ananias son of Nedebeus">Ananias son of Nedebeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollos" title="Apollos">Apollos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_and_Aquila" title="Priscilla and Aquila">Aquila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Thessalonica" title="Aristarchus of Thessalonica">Aristarchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnabas" title="Barnabas">Barnabas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blastus" title="Blastus">Blastus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_the_Centurion" title="Cornelius the Centurion">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damaris_(biblical_figure)" title="Damaris (biblical figure)">Damaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_(biblical_figure)" title="Demetrius (biblical figure)">Demetrius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysius_the_Areopagite" title="Dionysius the Areopagite">Dionysius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorcas" title="Dorcas">Dorcas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elymas" title="Elymas">Elymas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_(prophet)" title="Egyptian (prophet)">Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_eunuch" title="Ethiopian eunuch">Ethiopian eunuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutychus" title="Eutychus">Eutychus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamaliel" title="Gamaliel">Gamaliel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James,_brother_of_Jesus" title="James, brother of Jesus">James, brother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_of_Thessalonica" title="Jason of Thessalonica">Jason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barsabbas" title="Joseph Barsabbas">Joseph Barsabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Barsabbas" title="Judas Barsabbas">Judas Barsabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_of_Galilee" title="Judas of Galilee">Judas of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_of_Cyrene" title="Lucius of Cyrene">Lucius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_of_Thyatira" title="Lydia of Thyatira">Lydia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manahen" title="Manahen">Manaen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mark" title="John Mark">(John) Mark</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist" title="Mark the Evangelist">Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_the_cousin_of_Barnabas" title="Mark the cousin of Barnabas">cousin of Barnabas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_John_Mark" title="Mary, mother of John Mark">Mary, mother of (John) Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_the_Apostle" title="Matthias the Apostle">Matthias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnason" title="Mnason">Mnason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicanor_the_Deacon" title="Nicanor the Deacon">Nicanor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolaism#Nicolas" title="Nicolaism">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmenas" title="Parmenas">Parmenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Evangelist" title="Philip the Evangelist">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_and_Aquila" title="Priscilla and Aquila">Priscilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prochorus_(deacon)" title="Prochorus (deacon)">Prochorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Publius" title="Saint Publius">Publius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhoda_(biblical_figure)" title="Rhoda (biblical figure)">Rhoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira" title="Ananias and Sapphira">Sapphira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sceva" title="Sceva">Sceva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Deacons" title="Seven Deacons">Seven Deacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas" title="Silas">Silas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Silvanus_of_the_Seventy" title="Silvanus of the Seventy">Silvanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Niger" title="Simeon Niger">Simeon Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Magus" title="Simon Magus">Simon Magus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopater" title="Sopater">Sopater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sosthenes" title="Sosthenes">Sosthenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Stephen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theudas" title="Theudas">Theudas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Timothy" title="Saint Timothy">Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Titus" title="Saint Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trophimus" title="Trophimus">Trophimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tychicus" title="Tychicus">Tychicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenas_the_Lawyer" title="Zenas the Lawyer">Zenas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Romans and<br /><a href="/wiki/Herodian_dynasty" title="Herodian dynasty">Herod's family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Gospels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Antipas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Archelaus" title="Herod Archelaus">Archelaus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herodias" title="Herodias">Herodias</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longinus" title="Longinus">Longinus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Tetrarch" title="Philip the Tetrarch">Philip</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate%27s_wife" title="Pontius Pilate's wife">Pilate's wife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quirinius" title="Quirinius">Quirinius</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salome" title="Salome">Salome</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Acts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa" title="Herod Agrippa">Agrippa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa_II" title="Herod Agrippa II">Agrippa II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Berenice_(daughter_of_Herod_Agrippa)" title="Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa)">Berenice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_the_Centurion" title="Cornelius the Centurion">Cornelius</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drusilla_(daughter_of_Herod_Agrippa)" title="Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa)">Drusilla</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonius_Felix" title="Antonius Felix">Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porcius_Festus" title="Porcius Festus">Festus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Junius_Gallio_Annaeanus" title="Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus">Gallio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius_Lysias" title="Claudius Lysias">Lysias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergius_Paulus" title="Sergius Paulus">Paullus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achaicus_of_Corinth" title="Achaicus of Corinth">Achaicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_(Ephesian)" title="Alexander (Ephesian)">Alexander of Ephesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Coppersmith" title="Alexander the Coppersmith">Alexander the Coppersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronicus_of_Pannonia" title="Andronicus of Pannonia">Andronicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archippus" title="Archippus">Archippus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretas_IV_Philopatris" title="Aretas IV Philopatris">Aretas IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemas_(saint)" title="Artemas (saint)">Artemas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpus_of_Beroea" title="Carpus of Beroea">Carpus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Claudia" title="Saint Claudia">Claudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crescens" title="Crescens">Crescens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demas" title="Demas">Demas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diotrephes" title="Diotrephes">Diotrephes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epaphras" title="Epaphras">Epaphras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epaphroditus" title="Epaphroditus">Epaphroditus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_of_Corinth" title="Erastus of Corinth">Erastus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eunice_(biblical_figure)" title="Eunice (biblical figure)">Eunice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euodia_and_Syntyche" title="Euodia and Syntyche">Euodia and Syntyche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodion_of_Patras" title="Herodion of Patras">Herodion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymenaeus_(biblical_figure)" title="Hymenaeus (biblical figure)">Hymenaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Justus" title="Jesus Justus">Jesus Justus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junia_(New_Testament_person)" title="Junia (New Testament person)">Junia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Linus" title="Pope Linus">Linus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_(biblical_figure)" title="Lois (biblical figure)">Lois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Rome" title="Mary of Rome">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(archangel)" title="Michael (archangel)">Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nymphas" title="Nymphas">Nymphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympas" title="Olympas">Olympas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onesimus" title="Onesimus">Onesimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onesiphorus" title="Onesiphorus">Onesiphorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pudens" title="Saint Pudens">Pudens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philemon_(biblical_figure)" title="Philemon (biblical figure)">Philemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philetus_(biblical_figure)" title="Philetus (biblical figure)">Philetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_(biblical_figure)" title="Phoebe (biblical figure)">Phoebe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartus" title="Quartus">Quartus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sosipater" title="Sosipater">Sosipater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tertius_of_Iconium" title="Tertius of Iconium">Tertius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tryphena_and_Tryphosa" title="Tryphena and Tryphosa">Tryphena and Tryphosa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antipas_of_Pergamum" title="Antipas of Pergamum">Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse" title="Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse">Four Horsemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abaddon" title="Abaddon">Apollyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_witnesses" title="Two witnesses">Two 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title="Blue Christmas (holiday)"><span style="color:white">Blue Christmas</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day"><span style="color:white">Boxing Day</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Day" title="Children's Day"><span style="color:white">Children's Day</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve"><span style="color:white">Christmas Eve</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day" title="Saint Nicholas Day"><span style="color:white">Saint Nicholas Day</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen%27s_Day" title="Saint Stephen's Day"><span style="color:white">St. Stephen's Day</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Invictus" title="Sol Invictus"><span style="color:white">Sol Invictus</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule"><span style="color:white">Yule</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br 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href="/wiki/Nativity_scene" title="Nativity scene">Nativity scene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neapolitan_nativity_scene" title="Neapolitan nativity scene">Neapolitan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)" title="Twelfth Night (holiday)">Twelfth Night</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">In <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore"><span style="color:white">folklore</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badalisc" title="Badalisc">Badalisc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caganer" title="Caganer">Caganer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christkind" title="Christkind">Christkind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla" title="Grýla">Grýla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Frost" title="Jack Frost">Jack Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korvatunturi" title="Korvatunturi">Korvatunturi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider" title="Legend of the Christmas Spider">Legend of the Christmas Spider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Lwyd" title="Mari Lwyd">Mari Lwyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner%27s_figure" title="Miner's figure">Miner's figure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)" title="Nisse (folklore)">Nisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Winter" title="Old Man Winter">Old Man Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perchta" title="Perchta">Perchta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_workshop" title="Santa's workshop">Santa's workshop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal" title="Tió de Nadal">Tió de Nadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turo%C5%84" title="Turoń">Turoń</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertep" title="Vertep">Vertep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia">Wenceslaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_cat" title="Yule cat">Yule cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_Lads" class="mw-redirect" title="Yule Lads">Yule Lads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer" title="Christmas gift-bringer"><span style="color:white">Gift-bringers</span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_(European_folklore)" title="Saint Nicholas (European folklore)">folklore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Befana" title="Befana">Befana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ded_Moroz" title="Ded Moroz">Ded Moroz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas" title="Father Christmas">Father Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Indian" title="Grandpa Indian">Grandpa Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joulupukki" title="Joulupukki">Joulupukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julemanden" title="Julemanden">Julemanden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Baba" title="Noel Baba">Noel Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olentzero" title="Olentzero">Olentzero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_No%C3%ABl" title="Père Noël">Père Noël</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinterklaas" title="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers" title="List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas" title="Companions of Saint Nicholas"><span style="color:white">Companions of<br />Saint Nicholas</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belsnickel" title="Belsnickel">Belsnickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_elf" title="Christmas elf">Elves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht" title="Knecht Ruprecht">Knecht Ruprecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Claus" title="Mrs. Claus">Mrs. Claus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard" title="Père Fouettard">Père Fouettard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_Man" title="Sack Man">Sack Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27_daughter" title="Santa Claus' daughter">Santa Claus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer" title="Santa Claus's reindeer">Santa's reindeer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snegurochka" title="Snegurochka">Snegurochka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwarte_Piet" title="Zwarte Piet">Zwarte Piet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_traditions" title="Christmas traditions"><span style="color:white">Traditions</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_calendar" title="Advent calendar">Advent calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_candle" title="Advent candle">Advent candle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advent_wreath" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar%27s_Head_Feast" title="Boar's Head Feast">Boar's Head Feast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwibbogen" title="Schwibbogen">Candle arches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_card" title="Christmas card">Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carols_by_Candlelight" title="Carols by Candlelight">Carols by Candlelight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Magi" title="Cavalcade of Magi">Cavalcade of Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christingle" title="Christingle">Christingle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Christmas jumper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Peace" title="Christmas Peace">Christmas Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_cracker" title="Christmas cracker">Crackers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_decoration" title="Christmas decoration">Decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didukh" title="Didukh">Didukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_events_and_celebrations" title="Category:Christmas events and celebrations">Events and celebrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_Fishes" title="Feast of the Seven Fishes">Feast of the Seven Fishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Santa" title="Flying Santa">Flying Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_gift" title="Christmas gift">Gifts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Santa_Tracker" title="Google Santa Tracker">Google Santa Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamper#Christmas_hamper" title="Hamper">Hampers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Posadas" title="Las Posadas">Las Posadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round-robin_letter" title="Round-robin letter">Letters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_lights" title="Christmas lights">Lights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Misrule" title="Lord of Misrule">Lord of Misrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_market" title="Christmas market">Markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_meals_and_feasts" title="Category:Christmas meals and feasts">Meals and feasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_star" title="Moravian star">Moravian star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Lessons_and_Carols" title="Nine Lessons and Carols">Nine Lessons and Carols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa" title="NORAD Tracks Santa">NORAD Tracks Santa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker" title="Nutcracker">Nutcrackers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nutcracker_doll" title="Nutcracker doll">dolls</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_ornament" title="Christmas ornament">Ornaments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_parade" title="Santa Claus parade">Parades</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_holiday_season_parades" title="List of Christmas and holiday season parades">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1ata" title="Piñata">Piñatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poinsettia" title="Poinsettia">Poinsettia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_pyramid" title="Christmas pyramid">Pyramids</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A4uchermann" title="Räuchermann">Räuchermann</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas seal">Seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secret_Santa" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spanbaum" title="Spanbaum">Spanbaum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_szopka" title="Kraków szopka">Szopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_stocking" title="Christmas stocking">Stockings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve Days of Christmas">Twelve Days</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassailing" title="Wassailing">Wassailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_window" title="Christmas window">Windows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_goat" title="Yule goat">Yule goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_log" title="Yule log">Yule log</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country" title="Observance of Christmas by country"><span style="color:white">By country</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Australia" title="Christmas in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Colombia" title="Christmas in Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule_and_Christmas_in_Denmark" title="Yule and Christmas in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_England" title="Category:Christmas in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Christmas" title="Ethiopian Christmas">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Finland" title="Christmas in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_France" title="Christmas in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihnachten" title="Weihnachten">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Christmas in Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hungary" title="Christmas in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Iceland" title="Christmas in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Indonesia" title="Christmas in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ireland" title="Christmas in Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Italy" title="Christmas in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Mexico" title="Christmas in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Zealand" title="Christmas in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Norway" title="Christmas in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Philippines" title="Christmas in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Poland" title="Christmas in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Romania" title="Christmas in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Russia" title="Christmas in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" title="Christmas in Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Serbia" title="Christmas in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Sweden" title="Christmas in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine" title="Christmas in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Christmas_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Christmas in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Christmas in the American Civil War">American Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_Hawaii" title="Christmas in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_New_Mexico" title="Christmas in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_the_United_States_(1946%E2%80%931964)" title="Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)">Post-War United States</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music"><span style="color:white">Music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_carol" title="Christmas carol">Carols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols" title="List of Christmas carols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_operas" title="List of Christmas operas">Operas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_music#Popular_Christmas_songs" title="Christmas music">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of Christmas hit singles in the United Kingdom">Hit singles in the UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_popular_Christmas_singles_in_the_United_States" title="List of popular Christmas singles in the United States">Hit singles in the US</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Christmas_Holiday_charts" title="Billboard Christmas Holiday charts">Music charts (<i>Billboard</i>)</a></li> <li>Music books <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carols_for_Choirs" title="Carols for Choirs">Carols for Choirs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The Oxford Book of Carols">The Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Oxford_Book_of_Carols" title="The New Oxford Book of Carols">The New Oxford Book of Carols</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piae_Cantiones" title="Piae Cantiones">Piae Cantiones</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christmas_by_medium" title="Christmas by medium"><span style="color:white">Other media</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas in literature">In literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_novels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas novels">novels</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films" title="List of Christmas films">Films (Christmas,</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_in_film" title="Santa Claus in film">Santa,</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_horror" title="Christmas horror">Christmas horror</a>)</li> <li>Poetry <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Santeclaus_with_Much_Delight" title="Old Santeclaus with Much Delight">Old Santeclaus with Much Delight</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit from St. Nicholas</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_in_the_Workhouse" title="Christmas Day in the Workhouse">Christmas Day in the Workhouse</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Journey of the Magi">Journey of the Magi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomten" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomten">Tomten</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_television_specials" title="List of Christmas television specials">Christmas television specials</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%">In<br />modern<br />society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Conspiracy" title="Advent Conspiracy">Advent Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(partying)" title="Black Friday (partying)">Black Friday (partying)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Black Friday (shopping)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronner%27s_Christmas_Wonderland" title="Bronner's Christmas Wonderland">Bronner's Christmas Wonderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_club" title="Christmas club">Christmas club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_creep" title="Christmas creep">Christmas creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day_(Trading)_Act_2004" title="Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004">Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Institution_Christmas_Lectures" title="Royal Institution Christmas Lectures">Christmas Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Mountains" title="Christmas Mountains">Christmas Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_seals" title="Christmas seals">Christmas seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_controversies" title="Christmas controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Monday" title="Cyber Monday">Cyber Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_Christmas" title="Economics of Christmas">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giving_Tuesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Giving Tuesday">Giving Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinch" title="Grinch">Grinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Christmas_Lottery" title="Spanish Christmas Lottery">El Gordo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jews_and_Christmas" title="Jews and Christmas">Jews and Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_July" title="Christmas in July">In July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_in_August_(Yellowstone)" title="Christmas in August (Yellowstone)">In August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games" title="NBA Christmas games">NBA games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Day" title="NFL on Christmas Day">NFL games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikkujoulu" title="Pikkujoulu">Pikkujoulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantaCon" title="SantaCon">SantaCon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_Candy_Castle" title="Santa's Candy Castle">Santa's Candy Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Village" title="Santa Claus Village">Santa Claus Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge" title="Ebenezer Scrooge">Scrooge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Business_Saturday" title="Small Business Saturday">Small Business Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Saturday" title="Super Saturday">Super Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_jumper" title="Christmas jumper">Ugly sweaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_O%27Hanlon" title="Virginia O'Hanlon">Virginia O'Hanlon</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus" title="Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus">Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Christmas_(weather)" title="White Christmas (weather)">White Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays" title="List of multinational festivals and holidays">Winter festivals</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops">WWE Tribute to the Troops</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xmas" title="Xmas">Xmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#CE1D20; color:white;width:1%"><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_Luke_chapters" title="Category:Gospel of Luke chapters">Chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_1" title="Luke 1">Luke 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_2" title="Luke 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_3" title="Luke 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_4" title="Luke 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_5" title="Luke 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_6" title="Luke 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_7" title="Luke 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_8" title="Luke 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_9" title="Luke 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_10" 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source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-gospel_hypothesis" title="Two-gospel hypothesis">Two-gospel hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_school_hypothesis" title="Jerusalem school hypothesis">Jerusalem school hypothesis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_Luke" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Marcion" title="Gospel of Marcion">Gospel of Marcion</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jiizas:_di_Buk_We_Luuk_Rait_bout_Im" title="Jiizas: di Buk We Luuk Rait bout Im">Jiizas: di Buk We Luuk Rait bout Im</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Luke_Passion,_BWV_246" title="St Luke Passion, BWV 246"><i>St Luke Passion</i>, BWV 246</a> (1730)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Luke_Passion_(Penderecki)" title="St Luke Passion (Penderecki)"><i>St Luke Passion</i></a> (Penderecki, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_(1979_film)" title="Jesus (1979 film)">Jesus</a></i> (1979 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Witness:_Five_Plays_from_the_Gospel_of_Luke" title="Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke">Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke</a></i> (2007, radio)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Savior_(2014_film)" title="The Savior (2014 film)">The Savior</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_3" title="Papyrus 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_4" title="Papyrus 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_7" title="Papyrus 7">7</a></li> <li><a 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