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To: Steelfish

My Bible, in Luke 2, says merely that “magi from the east” came to Jerusalem seeking Jesus. It doesn’t give their names, describe their skin color or say how many there were.


17 posted on 12/28/2014 9:18:01 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Fiji Hill

I thought one was named Caspar.


18 posted on 12/28/2014 9:25:54 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: Fiji Hill
"My Bible, in Luke 2, says merely that “magi from the east” came to Jerusalem seeking Jesus. It doesn’t give their names, describe their skin color or say how many there were."

Exactly!

Only by "tradition" did the Magi even get named.

Supposedly they were astrologers.

Not necessarily "kings".

29 posted on 12/28/2014 10:50:25 PM PST by boop (I never use the words democrats and republicans. I use liberals and Americans.)
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