1. Matthieu 2:1 (NEG79)
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Who were the wise men from the east?

Matthieu 2:1 (NEG79)

1 Jésus étant né à Bethléhem en Judée, au temps du roi Hérode, voici des mages d'Orient arrivèrent à Jérusalem,

En bref

The wise men from the east were probably Babylonian astrologers, sometimes called wise men (Daniel 2:12,Daniel 2:48), Chaldeans, or magi (literally, magicians).

The wise men from the east were most probably Babylonian astrologers, which were sometimes referred to as wise men (Daniel 2:12,Daniel 2:48), sometimes as Chaldeans, and sometimes as magi, which literally means magician.1