Magi

Our students worked over the STORY of the "Wise Men" from the EAST who dropped by to see Jesus following a "star".  Some things I find interesting...

ONE:  How it is pronounced.  

TWO:  There were likely astrologer slash "magicians" from Babylon and knew historically of the "King" to be born from Daniel's time with them.

THREE:  They weren't kings but were likely "king-makers".  

FOUR: The Bible doesn't say there were THREE but that they brought three types of gifts.  The gifts likely have symbolic meaning.

FIVE: Jesus was at least 41 days old and up to 2 years old when they came to him at a "house".

Ma·gi

  [mey-jahy]  Show IPA

plural noun, singular -gus  [-guhs]  Show IPA

1.

( sometimes lowercase ) the wise men, generally assumed tobe three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus.Matt. 2:1–12. Compare Balthazar ( def. 1 ) , Caspar ( def. 1) , Melchior ( def. 1 ) .

2.

( sometimes lowercase ) the class of Zoroastrian priests inancient Media and Persia, reputed to possess supernaturalpowers.

3.

( lowercase ) astrologers.