In Matthew 2:1-12 we read about The Three Kings visiting The Messiah. The Messiah was born in Bethlehem in Judaea during King Herod’s rule. The Magi are also called the ...

But the magi were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and so they left for their own country by another road” and were never heard from again (Matthew 2:12).

Jan. 4—Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying .Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw ...

The Magi first visit Herod, thinking the local king would be happiest about “the newborn king of the Jews.” Herod sends them on under the pretense of gaining information for him but really to ...

And there, as in majority-Catholic countries, they celebrate "Three Kings Day" — the last of the 12 Days of Christmas, Jan. 6, when kids get a parting present from the magi.

After their visit with Jesus, the Magi escaped back to their country. It is scandalous and wonderful that these foreigners were the first to worship Jesus in Matthew’s account.

The Magi Visit the Messiah: Matthew 2 "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born ...

Herod, on the other hand, is more familiar thanks to biblical references: according to the New Testament, he was the king who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents (the killing of all male infants in ...