What were the names of the Wise Men?
The Bible doesn’t mention any names for the Magi (wise men). In fact, it doesn’t even say how many of them there were. It says they brought three gifts, and that is why many people assume that they were three of them.
If you know the answer, why ask the question?
August 29th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe
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August 29th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Sponge, Bob and Square pants
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August 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Only according to tradition are the Magi called Caspar, Balthasar and Melchior.
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August 29th, 2009 at 9:42 am
tyler beat me to it.
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August 29th, 2009 at 10:16 am
one was Balthazar
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August 29th, 2009 at 11:00 am
thats because it not even true
that religion is the worsttt at making things up and brain washing
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August 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Jim, Jack and Johnny
painful shot
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August 29th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
They are not named in fact their little mission to see Jesus was not so innocent as to bring gifts.
Here is an article you might enjoy call"Jesus Birth the real story " since jesus was not even born on Dec 25th either but you probably know that.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm
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August 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Well we don’t know… Why does it matter to you anyway? get over yourself!
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August 29th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Does it need to mention the names?
would it really be that important?
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August 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
i dont think there were really 3 they could have been more no one exectly knows
and no one knows there names
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August 29th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Oh not sure about spellling but were they Shadrack, Meshak and Abednego , or similar to that…
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August 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar.
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Wikipedia
August 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Who knows…I think one of them were named Jeff or Doc Holiday.
We are not sure if there were 3 wise men. Traditionally we assume 1 gift per person. To me it doesn’t matter how many there were or were not. The focus of this story is Immanuel- God with us, wrapped up in a baby.
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August 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
it doesnt say so why do you ask?
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August 29th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Fat Tony, Luigi The Hammer, and Enforcer Enrico – they were wise guys, not wise men.
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Traditionally, they are called Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar (or Caspar).
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
bob , jeff and Gildamore
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Smiley face is correct!!!
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
If you know the answer, why ask the question?
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Glucose, Yellow #4, corn syrup….oh wait those are ingredients
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August 29th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
spinoza, hitchens, dawkins
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August 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
The Magoi, or Mages were priest-astrologer-physicians in the Persian court. They already knew the signs of the Zodiac and had decided what the heavens were trying to explain through them.
Scripture says of them that they traveled west looking for a king. Not even they knew they were actually looking for God made manifest in flesh.
There was no thought of naming these men until after the 3rd century BCE.
If you want a closer walk with them, go to the cathedral at Cologne. There lies their incredibly opulent ossuary, brought back during the Crusades (did those knights leave ANYTHING besides Hagia Sophia behind?).
Funny thing about those bones. They were wrapped in cloth of gold and Tyrian purple that was definitively dated to the 4th century BCE. About the time that tradition says that St. Helena (the mother of the Emperor Constantine) found them. You remember her. She’s the one who also found the True Cross, the nails and more relics than you can shake a stick at. However, in this instance there’s real forensic evidence and a chain of possession that makes these particular relics genuine at least back to their burial.
It’s a fascinating side-study for those interested in researching the earliest centuries of Christianity.
To answer your question, though. Tradition gives them the names Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior.
Merry Christmas!
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August 29th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
As you said, the names (or the quantity) were not given in the Bible, but traditionally their names are thought to be:
* Gaspar / Caspar
* Melchor / Melchior
* Baltazar / Balthazar
or the equivalent in other languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi#Names
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August 29th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Woden, Loki and Thunor
who arrived by Eight legged horse, clapped-out Honda C90, and chariot pulled by two goats, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder.
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August 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
their names were Frank ,Ins and Ence .
hope this helps
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August 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
These names come to me and I don’t know why…Meshak, Shadrak and Abendigo…probably not the correct spelling though.
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August 29th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar
Question 5 in the trivia round of tonight’s pub quiz.
How were Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar known collectively in Christian mythology?
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August 29th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
the three kings?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
August 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
it really doesn’t matter what there names were and your right we can only assume there was three of them
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