How many wise men where there in the Bible?

Answer 1

The Bible doesn't say - presumably more than 1 as it's a plural. People tend to assume there were 3 as there were three gifts (Matthew 2:11). But there could have been many wise men because each of them could have brought the same gift.

Answer 2

The number of wise men (Kings / Astrologers is not mentioned. What is important is the number of gifts: Gold: Earthly Kingship of Jesus Frankincense Divine Kingship of Jesus Myrrh prophetic of the death of Jesus (anointing) In Luke you will find that the wise men did not find Jesus until he was around two years of age. They were not at his birth.

Answer 3

This question, no doubt, refers to the wise men that the Gospel According to St Matthew says followed a star to see the baby Jesus. Tradition says there were three wise men, probably because Matthew mentions three gifts.
The author of the the Gospel According to St Luke did not mention the story of the wise men visiting Jesus, but had poor shepherds visit him instead. Luke did not even write about the flight to Egypt or the Slaughter of the Innocents, events which, if they occurred, were closely associated with the visit of the wise men. From these important omissions, we can reasonably assume that Luke knew nothing of the visit of the wise men.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, former 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. He does, however, assert that his approach is to stick strictly to what the Bible says.
So we have it on at least one good authority that there were no wise men who visited the baby Jesus. However, it makes a wonderful Christmas story for children.

Answer 4

The Bible does not specifiy how many wise men here were;
by tradition there were three.

Answer 5

There are plenty of men that think they are wise. But, at the time Jesus was born there were only three wise men that brought him gifts.

Answer 6

To be honest. No one is really sure. Origionally people said it was the three main wise men. But others also belive that there was more who acompanied the three wise men on their journey.

Answer 7

We are not told how many wise men came to see Jesus. We are only told of three gifts that were brought.