“Where is the Child who has been born King of the Jews? For we have observed His star at its rising and have come to pay Him homage.” When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy! On entering the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother and they knelt down, paid Him homage, then opening their treasure chests, they offered Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. –Matthew 2:2; 10-11
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The Visit of the Wise Men
In the time of King Herod after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, Wise Men from the East came to Jerusalem asking, “Where is the Child who has been born King of the Jews? For we observed His star at its rising and have come to pay Him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened and all Jerusalem with him and calling together all his chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born? They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the Prophet:
“You Bethlehem, in the land of Judah
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
far from you shall come a ruler
who is to Shepherd my people Israel.”
(See: Micah 5:2)Then King Herod secretly called the Wise Men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared, then he sent them to Bethlehem saying, “Go and search diligently for the Child and when you have found Him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay Him homage.” When they had heard the king, they set out and there, ahead of them went the star that they had seen at its rising until it stopped over the place where the Child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy! On entering the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother and they knelt down and paid Him homage, then opening their treasure chests. they offered Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (See: Isaiah 60:6) Having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road. –Matthew 2:1-12
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