The Wisemen Profile

Name:  Wise men

Greek word:  magos

Meaning: “of foreign origin (7248); a Magian,

i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician:

--sorcerer, wise man.”

Biblical passage: Matt. 2:1-12

Prophecy:  Isa. 60:6

Origin:  east (Matt. 2:1)

Nationality:  Possible Persian Descent

Class status:  wealthy

Country:  somewhere east of jerusalem

Occupation:  astrologers; observer of the stars

Names:  not mentioned[1]

Number: not mentioned[2]

Arrival date:  circa 6 BC to 4 BC

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[1] Note:  Scripture nowhere mentions the names of the wise men.  Their names come from the apocryphal Armenian Gospel of the Infancy, which is not part of the Bible.  These books are dangerous because they contain fallacies. 

[2] Note:  It is from the Gospel of the Infancy that the number of the wise men arise and also their so-said names.