How long did the wise men travel to find Jesus?

Answer 1

There has been so much fantasy written about these men, but the Bible story is very different. 1. Nowhere does say there were three of them! This misconception came from The Bible account that tells us they brought three gifts. There were probably many more than three bringing the three gifts between them. 2. Nowhere dooes it give their names as Melchior, Caspar and Balthazzar. This is a medieval invention. 3. They were not kings. The Bible says they were 'wise men' who studied the stars, not kings. 4. No one knows their colour or race. it iis likely that they came from Persia but this is also speculation. 5. They did not arrive at the stable along with the shepherds. The crib scene was an invention of St Francis of Assissi one Christmas to tell the Christmas story, but the idea that the wise men came to the stable is wrong. The Bible account tells us that by the time they arrived Jesus was already living in a house in Bethlehem. 6. The likelihood is that the wise men arrived when Jesus was a toddler - around 18 months to 2 years after his birth. This can be inferred from the Bible account that Herod decided to kill all boys 2 and under to ensure that he killed Jesus. Why do this if Jesus was newly born? The answer is that he wasn't - he was at least 18 months or around 2. So the wise men must have taken around 2 years after the birth of Christ to find Jesus. Sorry to destroy the romantic myths about the kings around the manger scene - Although the crib scene reminds us of the wonderful miracle of Christ's birth, it never really happened like that. The Bible makes that very clear.

Answer 2

The bible does not say the exact number of days it took them. But it certainly took them along time, as they traveled on Camels which are slow. And they could have come from Persia or India.A very long way indeed.

Answer 3

Matthew's Gospel talks of magi who followed a star westward to Jerusalem then south-east to Bethlehem, where they found the baby Jesus. The word magi actually refers to Zoroastrian priests, but it is usually translated into English as 'wise men'. The wise men, in turn, are sometimes referred to as kings, but we should remember that it was the biblical author's intention to refer to them as priests.

There is no historical reference to the magi, or wise men, nor are they mentioned by Luke's Gospel, so we must rely solely on Matthew's Gospel for information about them, but this Gospel does not say when the wise men began their journey or when they arrived in Bethlehem. Therefore, we can not say how long their journey took.

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the world's Anglicans, has described the story of the three wise men as nothing but a "legend" and says there is little evidence that they existed. John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) calls Matthew's story of the magi, Christian midrash and says that among people he knows in New Testament circles, the universal assumption is that the magi(the kings) were not actual people. If there were no wise men, then we can never answer how long their journey took.

Answer 4

About two years, as the Bible says that they came from far away, from the east, and he was two years old when they got there.

Answer 5

It depends upon how many days travel Persia was from Palestine (because that was where the Magi came from).

Answer 6

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