![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This does not necessarily mean that the star appeared to move in the sky in a way that stars don't ordinarily.ĭeparting from Jerusalem at night, they may have noted on the short (6 mile) trip to Bethlehem that the star was in front of them in the sky - a coincidence arranged by divine providence. When they had heard the king they went their way and lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was. They merely report that they had seen the new king's star "in the east" (Matthew 2:2 that is, back in their homeland), which is why they came to Jerusalem. He does not say that the star led them to Jerusalem. Some question whether the star was a natural phenomenon at all, pointing out that it seems to lead the magi to Jerusalem, disappear, and then reappear and hover over the house in Bethlehem.īut this isn't what Matthew says. ![]()
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