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● Matt 2:1-10 . . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying:
Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east,
and are come to worship him.
. .When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people
together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto
him: In Bethlehem of Judaea [Micah 5:2]. After they had heard the king, they went
on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them.
* Bethlehem of Judea is approx +/- six miles south of Jerusalem.
As the Earth spins on its axis, stars appear to move across the sky from the east
towards the west. The wise men's star moved south, and it also came to a stop;
which should alert planetarium managers that it wasn't an astronomical object.
● Matt 2:9 . . It stopped over the place where the child was.
Normal celestial objects are so far out in space that it's nigh unto impossible to tell
the exact spot on earth where one of them is directly overhead at any given
moment without special instruments; so I think we can be reasonably confident
that this star was low enough that there was no mistaking the exact location where
young Jesus was lodged. In other words; this star wasn't a star, rather, it was an
apparition.
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● Matt 2:1-10 . . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying:
Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east,
and are come to worship him.
. .When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people
together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto
him: In Bethlehem of Judaea [Micah 5:2]. After they had heard the king, they went
on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them.
* Bethlehem of Judea is approx +/- six miles south of Jerusalem.
As the Earth spins on its axis, stars appear to move across the sky from the east
towards the west. The wise men's star moved south, and it also came to a stop;
which should alert planetarium managers that it wasn't an astronomical object.
● Matt 2:9 . . It stopped over the place where the child was.
Normal celestial objects are so far out in space that it's nigh unto impossible to tell
the exact spot on earth where one of them is directly overhead at any given
moment without special instruments; so I think we can be reasonably confident
that this star was low enough that there was no mistaking the exact location where
young Jesus was lodged. In other words; this star wasn't a star, rather, it was an
apparition.
_
