What is a maggi or what they call a seer?

Question

Biblical related

Answer 1

The "magi" appear in Matthew chapter 2. They are often referred to as the "wise man", since that is the way the King James Bible translated the word. They were a group of Persian/Assyrian princes fabled for their wisdom and ability to "see" the future.

One of their members makes an appearance all the way back in Numbers chapter 22-24. He was named Balaam. When Moses and the Israelites were coming into the land of Canaan, the king of Moab was looking for a way to stop them. So he offered man to Balaam, who was famous as a prophet, to come and cast a curse of Moses and the people.

But before Balaam could speak his curse, God stopped him, and gave Him a blessing to speak over the Israelites instead. Numbers 24:17 "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel..."

Fast forward about 1500 years to the birth of Jesus. A strange star appears in the sky, and a group of Magi show up at Jerusalem. When questioned by King Herod, they explain that they have come looking for the King of the Jews, for they had seen in star and were following it. The prophecy that Balaam had given 1500 years before apparently had been recorded by the Magi, who had been waiting for a millenium and a half for a star to appear that would herald the birth of the scepter (or king) of the Jews. It was the prophecy that led them to the child Jesus.

Why did God bring the Magi? Practical reason: their gifts would finance Jesus and his family for the next few years while they were in exile in Egypt hiding from King Herod. Spiritual reason: the magi were gentiles. Having first been visited by Jewish shepherds, the child is then visited by gentile kings. It was to show that his ministry would be first to the Jewish and then to the Gentiles.

After that, the magi are never again mentioned in scripture. (Although they have made some modern appearances on grocery store shelves as one of my favorite noodles. LOL)

Answer 2

Thank you for this question.

The Magi were the "kings of Orient" that visited the birth of Jesus (as). They were Zoroastrian holy men, probably Persian, who had supposedly deduced the birth from astrological signs. This story is from the New Testament I think in Mark.

Oh yes I do like those Maggi instant noodles but not the same thing at all.

And Allah knows best.

Peace and Blessings,

Salim

Answer 3

The Greek term from which magi is derived refers to people to practiced magical arts like alchemy and divination. In the Christian traditions about the birth of Jesus, three magi are depicted as following a star from the east to come and worship the child. They brough three gifts with them: gold, frankincense and myrrh.

seer
1.Someone who sees something occur: eyewitness, viewer, witness. See see/not see.

2.A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, diviner, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet, prophetess, sibyl, soothsayer, vaticinator. See foresight.

Answer 4

Defination of seer-Active participle of H2372; a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval): - agreement, prophet, see that, seer, [star-] gazer.

Answer 5

a Wise and Holy man who generally was a leader in a traditional belief system. this person could also interpret the signs which were in the heavens and predict what dreams meant.

Answer 6

i like maggi mee, curry flavor.

Do u mean a magi.

Answer 7

a holy man

Answer 8

where im from, maggi is instant noodles.

Answer 9

that word means wise!