In an attempt to harmonise this nativity story with that in Luke, some place the visit at about two years after Jesus' birth, thus allowing time for the events in Luke to occur. This overlooks the problem that Luke indicates that the family never returned to Bethlehem, and in fact they had no good reason ever to do so. The best explanation is given by John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus), who says that neither birth story contains any historical truth. On that view, we need not concern ourselves about when the magi visited Jesus.
A:The Bible does not say WHEN the 'wise men'(astrologers) visited Jesus, only that by the time they found him, he was a 'young child' in a 'house' (Matthew 2:11), and no longer in a stable.Ian Wilson (Jesus: The Evidence) says the hard reality is that the Matthew nativity story does not offer sufficient historicity for anyone to be confident that there was a star at all, and John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) says that among people he knows in New Testament circles, the universal assumption is that the wise men were not actual people. There were no wise men and there was no star. Matthew's story was Christian misrash.
These wise men belonged to the learned class, those who were advisers to the kings. They came from Babylon or the country beyond. They were perhaps familiar with Jewish Scriptures and knew of the expectation of a coming Messianic King. It is also possible they knew of Daniel's prophecies.
The wisemen were exited at seeing the baby Jesus. We must remember it took them very very long to find the baby Jesus. So they knelt down and gave him gifts.
because they followed the star :)
because they saw a star in the sky that guided them to the birth of Jesus.
A star in the east.
The bright star lead them to Bethlehem and baby Jesus.
yes, that is why they came to see him
The star let the wise men know that Jesus was going to be born in Bethlehem. The Bible said that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem so the star was a way of telling them that the time that He would be born was there. It symbolizes the star that the three wisemen followed to the manger.
The wise men followed the star to Jerusalem and then asked Herod the Great where the "new born King" was to be born. Herod inquired of the chief priests and scribes and they told him, Bethlehem. Then the wise men followed the star to where Jesus was.
Bethlehem, Israel.
The north star. COMMENT: The star that guided the wise men to Jesus was a special star. It appeared in the East and moved toward Israel. The wise men followed it to Jerusalem and after being told by Herod the Great that the new born King was to be born in Bethlehem the wise men left and "Behold" the star moved over the place where Jesus was Born. (Bethlehem). Regular stars do not do this. This star was HIS star.
It is the star that led the Wise Men to Jesus and it was the star that Jesus was born under. God sent it to let everyone know about his son was born. It also called the Star of Bethlehem and the Star of Christmas.
The Star of Bethlehem is what the three wise men followed to find where Jesus Christ was going to be born. If they had not seen this star they would not have known where to go.
The sign in the sky was a star. It was a bright star in the East that led the Wise Men to where Jesus was born.
The three Kings otherwise known as the three wise men. They are said to have travelled from the east to Bethlehem to give Jesus their gifts and to worship him.
after he was born there was a big star three wise men went to give him beautiful stuff then everyone near there went to see him :]
The Star Of Bethlehem story is the Christian story about the birth of Christ. According to the story a star appeared over the manger where Jesus was born that allowed the three wise men to find him.
The three wise men coming to visit baby jesus.
Gaspar, Balthasar, and Melchior.