According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi, or wise men, to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. After consulting with King Herod of Judea, the men followed the star to ...

A 1988 Globe Times story quotes Bethlehem resident Pearl Frantz, whose husband Stanley worked for the city early in the 1900s as superintendent of accounts and finance: “The idea for the star ...

The story of the Star of Bethlehem appears only in the Book of Matthew. The gospel tells us that a bright star appeared in the eastern sky when Jesus was born, famously seen by a group of wise men.

So the star wasn't really needed to guide them to Bethlehem - they'd have had quite a job to miss it. If the star had moved like all other night sky objects, then it could easily lay south by the ...

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Share full article. May 26, 1887. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 26, 1887, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

The biblical account. The story of the Wise Men, also called Magi, following the Star of Bethlehem is found only once in the Bible, in Matthew 2:1–12.

With a casual drive-by, Lehigh University students — or their parents — will be able to tell whether a south Bethlehem rental is considered a safe place to be their home away from home.… ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared ...

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Share full article. May 28, 1887. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 28, 1887, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.