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A:The star of Bethlehem is only in Matthew's Gospel and we should not place this event in Luke's Gospel, which contains an entirely different nativity story. There is no suggestion that the shepherds ever saw the star.
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Q: Did the wise men or the shepherds first see the star of Bethlehem?
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