Show iti THE WIS WISE E MEN Is known concerning N NOTHING the identity of the wise men all that we learn from the gospel Is that wise men appeared bringing gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh we W do not know who they were or what were their names or how many there were the common supposition ti in there vere gere three of them that idea arises arise tr from 0 in the fact that there were ahr three es gifts some of the parly early christian writers thought there were 12 later christian writers still name them giving their names as melchior Mel chlor caspar and balthazar Baltha ear persia would probably be the place froni from which they came because they were interested in the stars stan and the persians were great star gazers another tradition gives them the rank of kings but the gospel cepel tells nothing save that wise men came |