Show I 1 THE WISE MEN g si THING Is known concern no in ing the identity of the S wise men A all it that we learn 5 from the gospel Is 19 that wise y men appeared bringing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh we do not know who they were or what were their names name or n how many there were the i common supposition Is there V overe three of them teem that idea 5 V arises froni from the fact that there y were three gifts some of the 5 t early christian writers thought there were 12 litter later christian a writers still name them giving 1 a I their names as melchior Mel chlor cas ca 6 r 9 par and balthazar Baltha ear persia would U v probably be the place from at which they came because they I 1 id 91 were interested in the stars stare and a 2 the persians were great ster star gazers another tradition give tj 1 them the rank of kings but the a aspel ospel tells nothing save gave that gi wise men came a |