I stand corrected on the time frame.  We don't know when the star was 
first seen.  Around the time of Jesus' birth, the wise men were in 
Jerusalem.  I don't know how far Jerusalem is from Bethlehem, but by 
the time the wise men got there, Jesus was no longer a baby, but a 
young child and he was in a house.

earlier, Angel, wrote:

>This may be true, however the point I made still is the same.  How 
>could the wise men have come two years after Jesus' birth when Herod 
>killed all children under two, and Jesus fled before he was two.  I 
>understand it took the wise men two years to get to Jesus but how do 
>we know when they first saw his star in the east.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Wolf" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Where Jesus Was Born
>
>
>>That fact was in the article I offered to send, the one about the 
>>more accurate date of Jesus' birth.  but no one accepted my 
>>offer.  I even saved it to a text file in case anyone was 
>>interested I could send it privately, since attachments aren't 
>>allowed here.  Ho hum!  Smile
>>
>>Helen
>>
>>Earlier you wrote:
>>>The wise men did not go to a cave.  They didn't come until the 
>>>Lord Jesus was 2 years old, in a house.
>>
>>"A holy life has a voice. It speaks when the tongue is silent, and 
>>is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof."
>
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