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The King James Version translates "magi" as wise men; the same translation is applied to the wise men led by Daniel of earlier Hebrew Scriptures (Daniel 2:48). The same word is given as sorcerer and sorcery when describing "Elymas the sorcerer" in Acts 13:6–11, and Simon Magus, considered a heretic by the early Church, in Acts 8:9–13.
The Star of Bethlehem is shown as a comet above the child. Giotto witnessed an appearance of Halley's Comet in 1301. The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, [1] appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew chapter 2 where "wise men from the East" are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem.
Melchior was described by Bede in the 8th century as being "an old man, with white hair and long beard." [ 2 ] Melchior is also commonly referred to as the King of Persia. [ 2 ] Following the Star of Bethlehem , the Magi first travelled to the palace of Herod the Great , who then asked for the Magi to find the Child Jesus and report back to him.
Brown notes that the phrase translated as "enquired of them diligently" is in Greek a single technical astrological word with no direct translation. [1]Holding the meeting in secret shows Herod's closed and suspicious nature, however it also raises the question of how the author Matthew knows what took place. [2]
The other statues all fall down upon their faces, with the statue of Pege alone standing. The king orders wise interpreters of this to be brought to the temple. [1] The wise men (Magi) see the star above the statue of Pege and the royal diadem of carbuncle and emerald that has appeared fastened on her.
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inquired of the wise men. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had
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