Bible Dictionary: Heathen: The Magi

◄ Heathen: The Magi (The Wise Men from the East) ►

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Matthew 2:1-12
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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The Longing of the Heathen for a Saviour. --The Star of the Wise ...
... just as the general moral culture of the heathen, though under ... The Magi studied
astrology, and in their study found a ... [57] In the case of the wise men, a real ...
/.../section 19 the longing of.htm

"We have Seen his Star"
... yet they are looked upon by the Jews as heathen. ... and might have been ready to lead
the magi to His birthplace; but instead of this, the wise men came to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 6 we have seen.htm

The First-Fruits of the Gentiles
... I. We see here heathen wisdom led by God to ... to attempt to determine the nationality
of the wise men. Possibly they were Persian magi, whose astronomy was half ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the first-fruits of the gentiles.htm

The visit and Homage of the Magi, and the Flight into Egypt
... of a house;' [1037] and there the Magi found the ... in the hour when the homage of the
heathen world was ... homage and the silent offerings of the wise men from the ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter viii the visit and.htm

Matt. Ii. 1, 2
... But the magi would not have submitted to prophets. ... also reasons with the Greeks from
an heathen altar, and ... Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily vi matt ii 1.htm

In the Outer Court
... These men came from the West to find the Saviour at the close of His life, as the
wise men had come from the East at the ... The magi from a heathen land came to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 68 in the outer.htm

Balaam's Prophecy. (Numb. xxiv. 17-19. )
... whole species to which they belonged, the whole heathen world, whose ... of Balaam and
the star of the wise men from the ... The star of the Magi is the symbol of the ...
/.../christology of the old testament/balaams prophecy numb xxiv 17-19.htm

Cyrus, the Servant Of-The Lord {4}
... The Magi, to their credit, told Astyages that his dream ... great Napoleon ought to be
treated by wise men as a ... and most Christian moral of that heathen book is ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/cyrus the servant of-the lord.htm

The Servant of the Lord.
... The Magi, to their credit, told Astyages that his dream ... great Napoleon ought to be
treated by wise men as a ... and most Christian moral of that heathen book is ...
/.../kingsley/lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture iv the servant of.htm

Matthew.
... which, with all its subserviency to heathen Rome, was ... The wise men of the East come
from a distance to ... the infant Jesus he introduces the adoring Magi from the ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 80 matthew.htm