if its there where please
2006-12-19 06:08:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible does not say how many there were, but they were used by Satan. He used a star to guide them, so that Herod would kill Jesus. God intervened and instead of telling Herod where Jesus was, they were divinely warned in a dream, not to return to him.
2006-12-19 06:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it does not. It says the wise men offered three gifts but that does not mean there were three wise men. There would have been a very large group of wise men traveling together since they were very wealthy, traveling long distances, and needed numbers to protect from robbers. There could have been as many as 100.
2006-12-19 14:14:11 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 2
The Visit of the Magi
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him."
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ[c] was to be born. 5"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
6" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'[d]"
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east[e] went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
2006-12-19 14:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Yeshua 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are conflicting storys about the wise men, and how many there were. But I know they are scarce in the government.
2006-12-19 14:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is the truth. Over the years it has been assumed because there were three gifts offered. Gold, Frankincense, and Mire... Jim
2006-12-19 14:30:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it makes no mention of the number of wise men, only the number of gifts...which is 3.
2006-12-19 14:11:04 · answer #6 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually they walked.Also,they weren't there on the day he was born.It was actually a fews years later when he was a toddler.
2006-12-19 14:52:43 · answer #7 · answered by Derek B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They came on camels? Kinky!
2006-12-19 14:13:03 · answer #8 · answered by mutterhalls 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋