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From: muttiah@cs.purdue.edu (Ranjan Samuel Muttiah)
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Subject: The 3 (three) kings.
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Date: 29 Aug 89 06:41:01 GMT
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Where did the three kings on Jesus' birth come from ?  Did they
come to observe an astronomical event or did they specifically come to
see Jesus ?  Was a supernova/comet expected at that time ?

[Read Mat. 2.  They came from "the East", presumably Persia, since
both the word "magi" and their astrological orientation seem to fit
Persians.  Mat. implies that they had seen a "star", and expected to
find that some great king had been born.  So I'd say they came
expecting to find some person, but not specifically Jesus.  --clh]