An updated translation of the Bible that focuses on gender inclusivity will drop “wise men” in favor of “magi” in the Christmas story of the Gospel of Matthew, according to preview excerpts.

Christmas Day may be Dec. 25, but it’s not the end of Christmas story. In many Western Christian traditions, there are 12 days of Christmas, culminating around Jan. 6, known as the feast of the ...

I can’t think, for example, of any other unnamed people in the Bible who have widely known names in Western culture like Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. Why do you think that is? The term Magi ...

In the Bible, they are not called kings ... In the centuries since, the three magi have been interpreted as kings. According to the Book of Matthew, a bright star led the magi from the east ...

Rediscovered ancient text says Christ appeared to the Wise Men as a "star-child" Dec. 23, 2010— -- An ancient text called the "Revelation of the Magi," has been rediscovered and tells a very ...

Who were the Magi? The Bible isn't the source with the most details. Who were the Magi? The Bible isn't the source with the most details. Public Domain Pictures In the Gospel of Matthew account ...

This group of magi (the Bible never actually tells us there were three of them) came to Herod with a question that shook him right to the core. That question is found in Matthew 2:2 ...

The Bible says that three wise men traveled from ... It has generally been assumed that the wise men (or magi) were three in number because Matthew 2:11 makes mention of three gifts ...

The stories of the Bible were what permeated their daily lives ... Take, for example, the story about the Magi. Matthew 2 tells of Magi from the East who see a star over Israel and come ...

Herod was taken by surprise when the magi approached him, the Bible said. He ordered them to return to him with news after they found the king they were looking for. After the magi did not return ...

The three magi mentioned in the discovery of the Christ child is an easy point of reference for people who are familiar with both astrology and the Bible. They were not only magi, but star-gazers ...