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.

They had to ask. Herod the Great, King of Judea, felt threatened when the Magi—wise men from the East—arrived in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?

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 ...

King Herod was troubled, and the people were troubled ... Astrologers, stargazers, galaxy-chasers, the Magi must have been troubled by what they saw in the sky. But their uncertainty turned ...

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 ...