Sometimes, Jehovah can use those who oppose the truth to further it's cause!
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Jesus H Christ, was that really me?!?!?
The three wise men
by Simon 45 Replies latest watchtower bible
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FayeDunaway
Lol I thought the same thing, simon! -
millie210
I like it Simon.
View it as a way to track your growth!
Maybe the idea of three men comes from the mention of 3 gifts?
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OUTLAW
Jesus H Christ, was that really me?!?!?....Simon
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Simon
Maybe the idea of three men comes from the mention of 3 gifts?
Probably. I can't remember if it says "men" either so it could have been women.
Oh, no, wait ... it says "wise" - boom tish !
IT'S A JOKE PEOPLE, PUT THE PITCHFORKS DOWN !!
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James Mixon
I wonder did the 3 wise men joke after leaving. Man, that baby doesn't
look anything like Joseph and "virgin my arse"! I knew her in school.
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TruthMatters
It does not say Jehovah led the (2 or more) astrologers.
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Phizzy
This is from a Biblical Scholar on another Site : " The first thing to know is that the author of Matthew’s Gospel used the Greek word magi, which does not actually mean ‘wise men’, but is a reference to the priests of the then-great Zoroastrian religion of the Persian Empire. When Matthew says they came from the east, he was alluding to the direction of Babylon and Persia. It is, of course, inconceivable that Zoroastrian priests would be in the least interested in the birth of a purported king of Judah. It is scientifically inconceivable that a star could be followed so accurately to Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem and actually stand over the very house where Jesus was. However, our author (he was anonymous and very unlikely to have been called Matthew) knew that the magi were well known for their wisdom and for their knowledge of astrology, so he knew this nativity account would be plausible.
What I am saying there, in line with the general consensus of scholars, is that the magi of Bethlehem did not really exist. There was no star of Bethlehem, which is why it was never reported outside this Gospel.
The author wanted to achieve two things: i) to show that even the priests of that great religion would want to worship Jesus; ii) provide a reason for Herod to seek to kill all the infant boys, so that he could draw a parallel between Herod and the Old Testament pharaoh who sought to kill all the infant boys, and therefore a parallel between Jesus and Moses.
You do not find non-Christian information about the magi of Bethlehem because there is none."
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HowTheBibleWasCreated
I would add that Matthew might have borrowed this from Numbers 23 from Balaam's star prophecy. -
dropoffyourkeylee
Wow, a 21 year old thread is resurrected! Hallelujah!
It seems very unlikely to me that the magi/starguide event ever happened. It probably was written in much later to make it appear that Jesus' birth was accompanied by a celestial event. This was a common artifice in biographies of famous people. There have been some who have believed it was based on a real celestial event, an eclipse or a comet maybe, which was then used to support the mythology.