Magi, according to theNave’s Topical Bible, are the wise men who visited Jesus,Matt 2:1-12. The word translated “wise men” (magi—Greek = μάγοι) refers to a group of scholars who studied the stars. Their title connects them with magic, but they were probably more like ...
An astrological phenomenon, the Star? Matthew 2:1- "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi [*] from the east came to Jerusalem." (* Footnote: Traditionally Wise Men).Matthew 2:7- Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them ...
Trying to understand what Jesus was really like is complicated by the fact that the earliest surviving texts that discuss Jesus date to the second century A.D., about 100 years after the life of Jesus — although, presumably they were copied from documents that date to the first century. In...
The windy city wasn’t windy at all the week we were there in October this year. The weather was gorgeous, and every day I felt I was in sunny California. My Chicago trip with my nephew Chito (Albert Pandes Jr.) and his wife Benita was quite meaningful in two ways. First, I went...
The story of the Magi [three wise men] is told in the gospels, but it is a tale filled with mystery and doubt.There came wise men from the East who were following a mysterious star, which led them first to King Herod and then to Bethlehem where they met the infant Jesus and his ...