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May I introduce you to the Wise Men from the East
(You'll notice the prettiest one sampling one of Jesus' tasty gifts.)
Excerpt from December 1990 Ensign
Article Title: Twelve Witnesses of Christ's Birth
By: Joseph Fielding McConkie
Matthew alone makes reference to the coming of the wise men some time after the Savior’s birth, writing, “There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.” (Matt. 2:1.) We know that the wise men were ignorant of the political situation at the time, for they sought Christ’s whereabouts from Herod: “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” (Matt. 2:2.) No one who knew Herod would have endangered the life of Christ by asking such a question of him.
We also know that they were visionary men, for they were later “warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod” and consequently “departed into their own country another way.” (Matt. 2:12.) We also know from the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible that the wise men came seeking “the Messiah of the Jews,” thus following the pattern of witnesses that brought seekers of the Son of God to testify of him. (JST, Matt. 3:2.)
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