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No - they are completely different people.
The "wise men" - actually magi (Zoroastrian priests) - were reported by Matthew, who said that they followed a star and brought expensive gifts and worshipped Jesus. Their search for the new-born King of the Jews resulted in the sudden departure of Joseph, Mary and Jesus to Egypt.
The shepherds were reported by Luke, who said they were told of the baby Jesus by a host of angels and came to visit Jesus in a manger. Joseph and Mary then took Jesus to Jerusalem to be circumcised.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoAnother answer from our community:
No the Shepherd were shepherds that were present at the time of the birth of jesus. and the thre wise men (or kings from the east as they were also reffered to did not come into the picture until Jesus was over a year old). The chrismas story was compressed a litle too make it more interesting.
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∙ 13y agoYes.
In fact, The Bible makes no mention of them being kings, or of there being three of them.
- Mat 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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∙ 8y agoNo. The poor shepherds belong in Luke's Gospel, where they visited Jesus shortly before the family returned from Bethlehem to Nazareth. They were typical of Luke's appeal to the poor in society. There is no scope in Luke for the wise men or for the flight to Egypt.
The wise men (actually magi, eastern priests) belong in Matthew's Gospel, where they brought expensive gifts for Jesus, shortly before the family fled south to Egypt and remained there until the death of King Herod.
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How many people came to see baby jesus?
Shepherds saw Him and when He was two or so the wise man or men came to see Him. It says in the beginning of Luke in the Bible
Name the three wise man?
Shadreck, Misheck and Abednigo
Biblical wise man starting with B?
Balthasar was one of the three wise men (Magi) along with Gaspar and Melchior.
Another name for the wise man who bought presents to baby Jesus?
Another name for the three wise men is the Magi.
Name the three wise man from the biblical story?
Gaspar, Balthasar, and Melchior.
Which direction are the three wise man going?
The wise men went a different direction and back to their own country. Matthew 2:12
Which Wise man brought frankincense?
The Bible does not list which of the wise men brought which gift. The three gifts they brought were frankincense, gold, myrrh.
Can you explain this quote a wise man will change his mind a fool never will?
a wise man may find that he is wrong and corect himself, a fool will be stubborn and remain in the same place that he was....
Who was the fourth king to visit baby Jesus?
There is an Armenian tradition identifying the "Magi of Bethlehem" as Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar of India. We really don’t know the names of the magi because the Bible doesn’t tell us. In fact, the Bible is silent on how many wise men visited Jesus. However, tradition has it that the three wise men who came to seek and honor the infant Jesus were named Gaspar, Balthasar, and Melchior. Gifts of the three wise men The tradition that there were three wise men arose from the fact that the Bible mentions three gifts, gold frankincense and myrrh according to Matthew 2:11. However, the Bible doesn’t say how many wise men made the journey to see the baby Jesus. The unfounded idea that they were also kings came from the imagery of Isaiah 60:3. The magi The three wise men, also known as magi, were men belonging to various educated classes. Our English word magician comes from this same root. But these wise men were not magicians in the modern sense of sleight-of-hand performers. They were of noble birth, educated, wealthy, and influential. They were philosophers, the counselors of rulers, learned in all the wisdom of the ancient East. The wise men who came seeking the Christ child were not idolaters; they were upright men of integrity.
Did gasper the wise man bring Jesus myrrh gold or frankincense?
The names of the wise men who came to Jesus at his birth, including Gasper, are inventions and traditions of man. In the Bible account, there were three wise men that brought those three gifts to Jesus. Their names are not mentioned. You may read the story in Matthew 2.
What language does the most interesting man in the world teach to a German shepherd?
If a Shepherds owner is German he will teach him in German, if a Shepherds owner is English he'll teach him in English... Commands are all the same but spoken differently in different languages.
What was considered a wise man?
A wise man knows when to hold his tongue.
