When taken as gifts for a newborn king, the items that the Magi brought appear inappropriate, especially the frankincense and myrrh. Gold fits the idea of kingly wealth, but perfumes would not have ...
The Gospel of Matthew recorded Herod's rule that all the boys under two were to be killed, which tells us it took the Magi over a year to reach Bethlehem. Jesus was likely toddling around as a small 1 ...