Timeline for Why did the magi seek a king?
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| Jun 28, 2023 at 16:00 | vote | accept | James Shewey | ||
| Jan 6, 2021 at 17:08 | history | edited | James Shewey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 1, 2021 at 15:20 | comment | added | Iver Larsen | In the Q&A linked to in the previous comment, it is suggested that the Bethlehem star was a conjunction of the "king of stars" - Jupiter with the "mother of stars" - Venus in the sign of Leo (Lion of Judah). | |
| Dec 29, 2016 at 7:22 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBibleHerm/status/814370912309014529 | ||
| Dec 27, 2016 at 22:37 | answer | added | Revelation Lad | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 27, 2016 at 12:29 | comment | added | Dɑvïd | It seems this Q&A could be relevant to the consideration of this question, too: "Was there an astronomical origin of the Star of Bethlehem in Matthew 2?" | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 19:39 | answer | added | user34445 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | Dick Harfield | @AbuMunirIbnIbrahim I agree with that comment about messianic expectation - just that it was not a prophecy of Jesus, who never sought to crush the lives out of Judah's enemies. | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 8:22 | comment | added | user17080 | @DickHarfield Num 24:17 is a statement of messianic expectation that contains the common, well known Jewish slogan and catch-phrase "דָּרַךְ כּוֹכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב". That is adequate to explain the Magi's actions in cultural and historical context. The Magi had no idea to which king and messiah they were in fact coming, and neither did anyone else at the time that they arrived. That only became apparent later. | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 8:11 | comment | added | Dick Harfield | @AbuMunirIbnIbrahim Do you believe it was Jesus' purpose to "crush the foreheads of Moab" etc. Otherwise, this is not a prophecy of him. | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 7:59 | answer | added | Dick Harfield | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 6:39 | comment | added | user17080 | In the historical and geographical context, who else other than Jews would have messianic expectations, or expect anything from the Jews, and in Judah of all places? In Persia, non-Zoroastrian minorities were sorely persecuted. So these Jews were looking for a leader to provide them relief. | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 6:22 | comment | added | James Shewey | @AbuMunirIbnIbrahim: That seems plausible, but do we have anything to indicate that the Magi were Jewish or would have been that intimately familiar with the Torah? | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 6:17 | comment | added | user17080 | Ref Numbers 24:17 (NIV) "I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth". | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 2:19 | history | asked | James Shewey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |