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2. Biblical Magi - Wikipedia

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   All three gifts are ordinary offerings and gifts given to a king. Myrrh being commonly used as an anointing oil, frankincense as a perfume, and gold as a valuable. The three gifts had a spiritual meaning: gold as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense (an incense) as a symbol of deity, and myrrh (an embalming oil) as a symbol of death.

3. Matthew 2:11 - Wikipedia

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   That there were three gifts also led to the assumption that there were three magi. Matthew never gives an exact number, merely saying that there was more than one. Many different theories of the meaning and symbolism of the gifts have been advanced. They are seen as gifts for a king, showing Jesus' role as King of the Jews.

4. Balthazar (magus) - Wikipedia

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   Balthazar, also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea, [1] was, according to Western Christian tradition, one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus. [2]

5. Why is Three Kings Day celebrated? Epiphany? And what does ...

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   Three Kings Day celebrates the day in the story of the Three Wise Men — Los Tres Reyes Magos — who gave gifts to Jesus Christ. Three Kings Day is also known by the name Epiphany and in the ...

6. Caspar (magus) - Wikipedia

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   Caspar is behind the kneeling Melchior in The Magi visiting child Jesus, by Dieric Bouts. Matthew wrote that the Magi brought three gifts – gold, frankincense and myrrh. These gifts apparently have deeper significance, the gold signifying the regal status of Jesus, the frankincense his divinity, and the myrrh his human nature.

7. Melchior (magus) - Wikipedia

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   Upon arriving at the house, [3] the Magi worshipped him and opened their gifts, with Melchior giving the gift of gold to signify Jesus' kingship over the world. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to a medieval saints calendar, following his return to Persia, Melchior met up with the other Magi again in 54 AD in the Kingdom of Armenia to celebrate Christmas ...

8. Adoration of the Magi - Wikipedia

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   Gerard David, Adoration of the Kings, National Gallery, London, circa 1515 Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano, 1423. The Adoration of the Magi or Adoration of the Kings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star ...

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