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124 - Who Were the Wise Men of the Nativity?

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The Nativity Story in the Gospels - Mark, Luke, John, Mark, Luke, John

Mark and john don't really give us much at all. Those are the accounts that describe the life of jesus in theological biography terms. Mark is, it's an action movie. And peter wasn't around for the birth. So mark pretty much picks up where p Peter would have joined the story. Then luke, who is the consummate historian, trained academically. He was not an eye witness to these things. But he opens his account saying, i've got a right her. Im just going to read it to yo. Is that ok? K, he opens up talking about his methodology. Even though he was probably geographically an outsider, definitely ethnically an outsider

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