Subject: WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? |
Bible Note: 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. |