All we know is magos, the Greek word used for Magi, means “a sorcerer, a magician, a wizard” and scholars believe they came from the East, mostly like Persia (modern-day Iran). The actual ...

A few weeks – or perhaps even months - after the birth of Jesus, Matthew records the events surrounding the visitors from the east. He refers to them as the ‘Magi’, meaning ‘wise men’.

Christians from all over the world revere them as the "Three Wise Men from the East" who followed the star ... in some translations astrologers or magi — priests specialized in the study of ...