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Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by Nobody: 7:29pm On Dec 15, 2012 |
It has never occured to me (Im sure to many other christians as well) to actually search deep on the exact number of wise men from the East that came visiting when Jesus was born. All we know is that there were 3 gifts and we have assumed that each of the gifts were carried by 3 men. They could have been 2,3,4,5 or even 20. Just watched a show on TV right now that talked about samething. Is there any strong christian or biblical scholar that can say definitely the exact number of these men? Scripture does not say how many wise men there were, but it is generally assumed three, since they brought three gifts: gold, frankincense , and myrrh |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by k2039: 7:55pm On Dec 15, 2012 |
We scholars have tried all we could but we just couldnt come with the exact number. But we sure know wise men visited Jesus. |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by sylve11: 8:12pm On Dec 15, 2012 |
Were There Three? The number of Magi is not mentioned in the Bible record. Nevertheless, Nativity scenes and Christmas songs espouse the commonly held tradition that there were three. Evidently this springs from the fact that there were three types of gifts. Regarding these, the Bible says: “They also opened their treasures and presented [Jesus] with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.”—Matthew 2:11. Is it sound reasoning to conclude that since the Magi gave three different gifts, there must have been three Magi? Let us consider the account of another notable visitor to Israel. The queen of Sheba once visited King Solomon and presented him with “balsam oil and very much gold and precious stones.” (1 Kings 10:2) Although three different kinds of gifts are spoken of, the only person mentioned as giving them is the queen of Sheba. The number of her presents does not indicate that three people approached Solomon on that occasion. Similarly, the three gifts made to Jesus have little to do with the number of people who brought them. So far so good, 3 gifts, unknown number of wise men. |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by Nobody: 9:00pm On Dec 15, 2012 |
interesting. There're so many things that're unexplainable by us. If we can ask Jesus, may be he can help out. But Jesus himself was young and wouldnt have known |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by AtheistD(m): 9:22am On Dec 16, 2012 |
And somene has been arguing that everything in existence is in the bible. Go ask that person |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by Nobody: 6:46pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
Atheist:-D:May be the person is right |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by advocate666: 6:59pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
There were seven. |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by AtheistD(m): 10:42pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
toba: May be the person is right If he were right then this topic would be null and void. |
Re: Bible Was Silent On The Number Of Wisemen That Brought Gifts When Jesus Was Born by pastormustwacc: 10:53pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
advocate666: There were seven.seventy-seven you mean |
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