READ MORE: Daily Gospel, January 4 Daily Gospel, January 3 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King ...

Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib ... For different reasons, both Herod and the religious leaders found the Magi's ...

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying .Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star ...

The magi arrive from the East bringing gifts to the ... The gifts, with the added attempt on Jesus’ life by Herod, point toward Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross by which salvation is accomplished.

Herod is an example of this. When the Magi arrived with news of the newborn King of the Jews, Herod’s reaction wasn’t one of awe or joy. It was fear. Why? Because for Herod, everything was about him.

As the Scriptures say in Matthew 2:1-12: “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has ...

and their ultimate rejection of Herod in favor of Christ. The text says, “Behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at ...

Let's allow the Bible to tell the story. Matthew 2:1-2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who ...

The Wise Men arrive in Jerusalem from the east (Matthew 2:1) and ask for the whereabouts of the child, saying, "For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him" (Matthew 2:2). Herod ...

The first is that the Magi were making an astrological interpretation of the sky. The fact that they needed to ask Herod for directions when they arrived suggests they were not being led to their ...

This fact of plentiful grass in March fits with the lunar eclipse occurring shortly before the death of Herod the Great,' says Professor Mykytiuk. 'The narrowest date one can confidently arrive at ...