I do know that this is not in the bible!!! But my friend who is from poland said that catholic people put these names on their doors at xmas.
Does anybody know the names in english that the church has given them??
I know they were magi, not three of them and that they visited jesus in his house when he was a child.
Read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
Is it because the fools are not wearing Nike, but Puma?
david beckham?
I’ve read in stories that Joseph was a poor carpenter, how can this be as one of the gifts was gold, and was the reason Jesus could heal people the fact that Frankincense is from the balsam tree and was used in medicine. I don’t know what relevance the Myrrh would have as it was a herb used in burials.
Good question. For that matter, what happened to the wise men? If they believed he was divine, wouldn’t they want to visit him again when he was older?
I’ve read in stories that Joseph was a poor carpenter, how can this be as one of the gifts was gold, and was the reason Jesus could heal people the fact that Frankincense is from the balsam tree and was used in medicine. I don’t know what relevance the Myrrh would have as it was a herb used in burials.
Good question. For that matter, what happened to the wise men? If they believed he was divine, wouldn’t they want to visit him again when he was older?
Seriously, the talking snake, jesus coming back from the dead, angels speaking why back then? why not now? this day and age we would need him a hell of a lot more than they did. Why don’t god "send" jesus back? or make a new child bob or something.
I personally view the Bible as mythology. If anything at all, most of the stories are symbolic not literal.
Yesterday, I felt that God was telling me that I should follow one of the stars in the sky, just like what was recounted in the Gospel of Matthew. I did my best to follow it, but I couldn’t figure out over what house it had stopped.
Should I blame myself? Or is it possible that I was mistaken about God telling me this? God has never told me anything that wasn’t true or right before.
The star in the story may have been an actual event, and more than likely would have been a planetary conjunction rather than a star.
I need to write a two page paper and I don’t know how to start.
This sounds like a typical criticism of Athenian democracy. c. 400-300BC
Though any male of age could speak in the ‘Ecclesia’ – the main assembly of citizens, the role was usually taken by men of noble birth. These would be the ‘wise men’ of the quote. The decisions taken however, would be at the whim of the assembly at large (the ‘fools’ in the quote) who would vote en-masse for the course they deemed correct.
It seems to me the author of the quote is amongst the many harsh critics of democracy in ancient Greece who resented the subordination of intelligence and skill to the will of the masses.
What do you think Joseph and Mary really did with that gold? Little baby bling? Did they spruce up their hut a bit? Get the latest model of camel to ride?
Your thoughts?
They gave 10% of it to their local church.
Then Joseph spent the rest of it on a private investigator to spy on Mary to see if she was cheating. Who would ever believe in a virgin birth…
I would like to hear from you and explain it why and what age did they see Jesus.
I would like to hear from you.
TY!
he wasn’t a baby for sure. i remember that much. he could have been a toddler possibly. i’m not too sure of the age. however he was not older than 2 years. why? because king Herod ordered all male baby boys under the age of 2 years to be killed. so Jesus would have been under the age of 2 years. *stars*
If Christmas gifts remind us of the gifts that were exchanged in Rome during Saturnalia, then what do the gifts the 3 wise men bought baby Jesus symbolize, I read that the tradition of exchangeing gifts started when the three wise men bought gifts to baby Jesus, well then how do we know that the tradition of exchangeing gifts didn’t start when people exchanged gifts in Rome during Saturnalia?
The only way christmas gifts could be a reminder of the gifts the wise men brought would be if WE gave gifts to poor strangers because that is what Christ was to these men. Not giving to those who have plenty already.