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.

Also, according to my Ignatius Study Bible, the Magi were not kings but “probably astrologers from Persia” and “in Matthew, the first gentiles to recognize the kingship of Jesus.” ...

Melchior is said to be the oldest of the three Magi, who is supposed to have offered Christ the gold. St. Bede the Venerable says that he was an old man with long white hair, and that he lived to ...

Believe it or not, Christmas didn’t end until this week. January 6 marks Epiphany, the final night of the "Twelve Days of Christmas," and the traditional date when the Magi visited baby Jesus ...

The Magi knew of a prophecy relating to the birth of a king of the Jews, ... The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one of ...

But the Bible still doesn't say anything about how the Magi knew what the star's particular significance was, and definitely doesn't say anything about the star and Jesus being the same being.

The dromedary is mentioned 62 times in the Bible, carrying valuable loads and used in war. Camel cavalries occurred as early as 853 BC and still persist. They were used in WWII.

Matthew’s Magi account also points something of an accusatory finger at Israel. The Magi are presented as coming enthusiastically in search of the “newborn King of the Jews” (2:2).

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, ...

In the Bible, these details come from different sources. The shepherds are mentioned in Luke, but nowhere else. The "magi" are mentioned in Matthew, but nowhere else.