Where did the three wise men come from to visit Jesus?
came to Bethlehem to worship Jesus. The magi were not so much wise men, although that is how they were universally perceived in the ancient Near East, but priests of Ahura Mazda, the god of Zoroastrianism. They would have come from Persia (Iran) or what is now Iraq. However, Bishop Spong says that all his acquaintances in New Testament circles say that Matthew’s magi were not real people. He was writing Christian midrash.
