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1 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | Jethro | 17155 | ||
The "Magi" were not magicians. The KJV translates this wrong. Magi were the Cochim of the Hebrew Bible. They were the Princes of Israel that lived in Babylon. Before the written word, the Jews were given God's Word in the Heavens. The stars were their roadmap. The Cochim waited for the star to come so that they could follow it to the promised Messiah. If they were Magi they would have been killed by the Jews. Magi were not allowed to live as they were performing witchcraft. | ||||||
2 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 29446 | ||
Almost everything in your post was correct except for one or two minor details. 1) The word "magi" does not appear in the King James Bible. Thus the KJV does not translate this "wrong" in Matthew 2:1,7,16. 2) Neither "magician" nor "magicians" appears in the KJV in Matthew 2. 3) In the text of the Greek NT, the word in Matthew is "magos" (Strong's number 3097). Both the NIV and the NASB use the word "magi" in Matthew 2. 4) According to "the Jews" in John 18:31, "It is not lawful for us (the Jews) to put anyone to death." Therefore, the wise men would NOT have been killed by the Jews. |
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