Religion Hub Who were the 3 wise men who visited Jesus? (The Conversation) — As Christmas approaches, Nativity scenes showing three wise men visiting the newborn Jesus are put up around the world.

As Christmas approaches, Nativity scenes showing three wise men visiting the newborn Jesus are put up around the world. A scholar of Christian literature offers an explanation on their identity.

Think of the wise men who saw Jesus face to face, and then had to go on with the rest of their lives, deciding what to do with what they now knew. That is where we are now.

Christians from all over the world revere them as the "Three Wise Men from the East" who followed the star of Bethlehem to Jesus' manger and paid homage to him as the newborn son of God.

But didn’t the wise men visit Jesus on the night of his birth? Like in the church Christmas pageants? Who knows? The Bible isn’t exactly a timetable. In fact, the Bible says nothing about the ...

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The details in this story are slim, and so it raises more questions than it answers. Where were the wise men actually from? Why were they interested in Jesus? And, above all, who were they?

Christmas nativity scenes around the world feature a familiar cast of characters: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, an angel or two, some barnyard animals, shepherds and, of course, the three wise men ...

The three men who traveled to see baby Jesus have been labeled as wise men, priests, and even kings, but mystery still surrounds who they were. — Tim Gruber/The New York Times TIM GRUBER ...