Tag: wise men
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Sermon: Two kings and some wise men – Matthew 2:1-11
The wise men come to Herod in seeking the King of the Jews. It’s so much woven into the Christmas story that it can be easy to overlook how bizarre the scene is, but the first people who seek out the newborn Jesus are pagan astrologers. There are different responses to this king. Some will…
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The wise men and the mission of God. Studying Matthew 2
In Matthew 2, verse 1 ends by saying that wise men from the east came to Jerusalem. The ESV says wise men. The Greek word that it comes from is magi, if you’ve ever heard that term. They’re basically astrologers and astrology was respected in the ancient Roman world. The text says that they came…
Josh Benner 