Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian
From: abvax!dmb@uunet.uu.net (David Babuder)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: The 3 (three) kings???
Message-ID: <Sep.1.03.12.56.1989.18874@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 1 Sep 89 07:12:57 GMT
Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu
Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc; Industrial Computer Division, Highland Heights, OH
Lines: 9
Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu


  Why do you think there were three kings?  There were three gifts, however, I 
believe that the number of kings is unspecified; although, it would seem to
take more than three kings to cause the town to take notice (Matt 2:3). 
  The text of Matt 2:2 indicates that they were looking for the person with a
very specific title ... and Herod, Matt 2:3, did not meet the requirements!
So I would say that they were looking for a specific person, even though they
did not know the specific name.  Perhaps they had the prophecies of Isaiah.
  Just food for thought - Dave.