The reigning king, Herod, knows nothing of the birth of this new King. The Magi likely assumed that the newborn King would be related to the current king, so Herod’s surprise may have confused them.

The wise men, who came from the east to worship Jesus, are the most mysterious characters of Christmas. ... After being delayed and interrogated by King Herod, ...

Wise men come from the east, following a star to Jerusalem. They tell King Herod they’re looking for the “king of the Jews.” Like the rest of Jerusalem, Herod is troubled, not thrilled, by ...

Wise men from the East arrived in Jerusalem seeking a newborn king. Herod pretended to help them find the child but intended to kill him. God warned the wise men in a dream not to report back to ...

"Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 'Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?

We also need to think like King Herod, who asked the wise men when the star had appeared, because he and his court, apparently, were unaware of any such star in the sky.

We don’t have a lot of information about the Three Wise Men, ... After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ...

"Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceedingly wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years ...

We saw his star when it came up in the East, and we have come to worship him” (Matthew 2:2). Times herald File Photo Rev. Gus Puleo, former pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Norristown ...

King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, ... who flew into a frenzy when he met the three wise men on ...

My favorite movie version is the 1985 “The Fourth Wise Man,” starring Adam Arkin and a youthful Martin Sheen. Seventy-one minutes long, it is suitable for all ages and is a free download on ...