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Talk:Magi

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Why didn't Mary Magdalene take her and Jesus' sprogs to Magi-land rather than to France, where they would have been 'illegal immigrants who don't speak the lingo' with all that entails? 212.85.6.26 (talk) 17:08, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

A question so profound that it has troubled philosophers for centuries.--BobSpring is sprung! 17:20, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

A counter-argument to 'assorted You-Know-Whos' 212.85.6.26 (talk) 17:36, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Why don't the 'various flavours of Jesus conspiricists' and other creative types bring in the Magi into their constructs? 212.85.6.26 (talk) 18:39, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

"note 2: Early Church Fathers, such as saints Jerome, Origen and Augustine, were apparently less concerned with PR than with honesty and consistency in translation and thus used "magician" or similar words when translating "Magi", including in Matthew, but hey, what did the Church Fathers know, eh?"

What? Those guys were writing in Koine Greek and Latin. Magi is the Latin term from the original μαγοι. What translation?--Nngnna (talk) 20:12, 13 September 2021 (UTC)