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In Christianity, the Biblical Magi[ a] ( / ˈmeɪdʒaɪ / or / ˈmædʒaɪ /; [ 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]
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 ]
Caspar (magus) Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, Jasper, [ 1] and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior and Balthazar, representing the wise men or Biblical Magi mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, verses 2:1-9. Although the Bible does not specify who or what the Magi were, since the ...
Melchior, or Melichior, was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi (along with Caspar and Balthazar) who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior was often referred to as the oldest member of the Magi. He was traditionally called the King of Persia and brought the gift of gold to Jesus. In the Western Christian church, he is regarded ...
It is a Christian tradition celebrated each year on January 6 to honor the Three Wise Men or Magi, who traveled to Bethlehem to present the infant Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Three wise men is a drink consisting of three types of whiskey with brand names that are each named after a man (ordinarily Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniel and Jim Beam ). [ 1] The three named men are the "wise men" in the name of the drink, which is an allusion to the Biblical Magi. [ 2] Several variations exist that include other ingredients or ...
In the 2022 Christmas movie, three “dysfunctional” brothers Luke (Walker), Taylor (Hynes) and Stephen (Campbell) team up to watch a baby that was left at the fire station ahead of the holidays ...
Magi ( PLUR ), [ a] or magus ( SING ), [ b] is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts, predating the Hellenistic period, refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and ...