During her search for relics, she is said to have found the grave of the Three Wise Men. Christians from all over the world revere them as the "Three Wise Men from the East" who followed the star ...

The wise men arrive in Jerusalem from an unnamed location “in the East,” led by a star and in search of a new king ... “Magi” is a Greek word that is difficult to translate.

Or is it wise men? Wait, kings ... vague with his coy “magi from the East”? Call Them Magi. The term magi is the precise Greek word used in Matthew’s gospel. His story demonstrates that ...

In Farsi, the word magi ... as well as other “wise men”. It is here that some scholars suggest the prophecy of a “Jewish messiah” becomes known among the peoples of the east, as ...

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the King, there came Wise Men from the east to Jerusalem ... St Matthew's word for them is Magoi, the Latin translation ...

from where exactly in the Orient (which means simply “East”) were they, anyway? Matthew’s word Magi is a vague clue, since it can mean astronomers, wise men or magicians and was applied to ...

wise men from the East came to Jerusalem.” The NRSV updated edition drops the masculine reference to “wise men” and replaces it with the original Greek word “magi” as used by the gospel ...

Even most of the non-religious (or non-Christian) among us recognize the symbolism of the nativity scene: it depicts the biblical account of three wise men from the east who rode atop camels and ...