The Greatest Life Ever Lived

A Study in the Incarnate Life of Jesus Christ

Gospels Lesson 16 : The Visit of the Magi / The Slaying of the Innocents

MATTHEW 2:1-18 – WISE MEN FROM THE EAST, MAGI – WHERE DID THE MAGI COME FROM? – HOW MANY MAGI WERE THERE? – VARIOUS TRADITIONS AND FOLKLORE CONCERNING THE MAGI – WHAT WAS THE STAR THAT LED THE MAGI? – JESUS WAS NOT A BABY WHEN THE MAGI CAME – HEROD ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE THE MAGI – GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, MYRRH – WARNED IN A DREAM, JOSEPH MARY AND JESUS FLEE TO EGYPT – HEROD SLAYS THE INNOCENTS – JEREMIAH’S PROPHECY