The three wise men or the three kingswho they are?

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Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 01:07:15 cefcaa No.678462

The three wise men or the three kings

who they are?

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 01:16:26 f9458a No.678466

Zoroastrian priests that saw the star as part of a prophecy of theirs, that said a star would herald the prince of the world's birth, a messianic figure born of a virgin, and which will come to destroy the power of demons forever(in it's shortened form. full prophecy has a lot of iranian stuff in it's)

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 02:05:19 614a0d No.678480

They're mages. Also the gospels never actually mention their number and in some traditions they are more.

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 03:37:36 c1df30 No.678504

>>678480

Are you accusing them of witchcraft?

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 04:16:42 614a0d No.678509

>>678504

Hey people believed in that type of stuff back then, one must also keep in mind this technically is supposed to have taken place before Jesus atoned for anything.

The cognate word is used across many major languages as well as in Greek, Latin, and Syriac but for some reason was not inherited by the medieval Anglic tradition although Old English translations have it along with some term relating to stars (tungol-witegan), Wycliffe has astromyenes (astrologers). For it to translate literally to wise men the Greek word would have had to be a word related to 'gnosis' or 'sophia'.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 06:15:50 3ad361 No.678530

>>678462

They were Zoroastrian priests who saw the star of Bethlehem.

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 11:23:47 e88227 No.678586

>>678462

“The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.” (Isaiah 60:6, D-R)

“The kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts.” (Psalm 71:10, D-R)

Both.

Christanon 07/22/18 (Sun) 20:35:19 d7053f No.678784

Who did the Magi think Jesus was? Was he Mithras?