And it is not magi who come from afar to pay a visit, prompted by a star ... sorcerers from the east, King Herod of the Jews. For Luke, it is a common-folks miracle. It is ordinary shepherds ...

With the assistance of angelic visitations in dreams, the magi and holy family were able to foil King Herod’s plot to have the infant Messiah killed. I like to think of the magi as the original ...

Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts ...

The Magi arrived at Herod’s palace in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”. Herod immediately feared a threat to his rule and was keen to locate the baby.

He refers to them as the ‘Magi ... Egypt to escape Herod. The Christian festival of Epiphany is celebrated 12 days after Christmas, on 6 January, and commemorates the visit of the wise ...