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In Christianity, the Biblical Magi [a] (/ ˈ m eɪ dʒ aɪ / MAY-jy or / ˈ m æ dʒ aɪ / MAJ-eye; [1] singular: magus), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, [b] are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him. [2]
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 ...
January 6 marks Epiphany, the final night of the "Twelve Days of Christmas," and the traditional date when the Magi visited baby Jesus and his parents. You might be packing up your Nativity scene ...
Their sculptures are as small in scale as the baby Jesus. The baby Jesus holds a small terrestrial globe in his left hand. [1] In the Adoration of the Magi scene, Mary is seated with Joseph standing behind her holding his hat in his right hand. Mary has the baby on her lap and is holding both the baby and the gift which one of the three wise ...
The creche at a landmark Lutheran church in Bethlehem, West Bank, features baby Jesus surrounded by jagged chunks of stone — evoking bombed-out buildings. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral Another view Shrine of the Three Kings Köln The Shrine of the Three Kings [1] (German Dreikönigsschrein [2] or Der Dreikönigenschrein), [3] Tomb of the Three Kings, [4] or Tomb of the Three Magi [5] is a reliquary traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men.
Matthew 2:11 is the eleventh verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The magi, dispatched by King Herod, have found the small child (not infant) Jesus and in this verse present him with gifts in an event known as the Visit of the Wise Men.
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