According to herodotus , the magi existed in persia in the sixth century bc . this is the timeline of the persian prophet zarathrustra - who was thoth and hermes the magician 依照希罗多德记载，东方三博士（祭司）已经在公元前六世纪就存在于波斯。这是波斯先知琐罗亚斯德的时间线? ?是魔法师透特和赫密士。
Beard : st nicholas is traditionally imaged as bearded . furthermore the magi are bearded , being persian priests . a traditional feature . the beard is white because the man is old 胡子:圣?尼古拉斯的传统形象就是脸上有胡须的。另外，东方三贤人作为波斯的传教士也是长胡须的。在传统观念中，人老即长白须。
Three wise men from the east ( the magi ) followed a wondrous star which led them to the baby jesus to whom they paid homage and presented gifts of gold , frankincense , and myrrh 有三个贤明的来自东方的人（东方三博士）跟随着一颗神气的星星，将他们带到小耶稣身边，并奉上他们的敬意和黄金、乳香，还有没药树这些赠品。
" you lowlife offspring of phoenixes and imps ! " screech the orge magi as you approach , and they ' re carrying large wooden signs with pictures of puzzling red eyes painted on them “你这凤凰和跳跳的猥琐后代！ ”当你接近之时，食人法师们尖声大叫。他们举着巨大的木制牌子，上面画着许多莫名其妙的红眼睛。 （跳跳攀上高枝了，有人害红眼病了？ ）
Matthew ' s account goes on to report that king herod , who had learned the time of the star ' s appearing from the magi , attempted to end the child ' s life by killing male children in bethlehem of age two years and under 马太福音继续叙述了希律王，从祭司（东方三博士）那里得知这颗星出现的时间，企图通过杀死伯利恒内两岁以下的男孩来结束这个孩子的生命。
The truth about the magi , the star , and this souls who descended to guide us are only known to the storyteller who continues to write us each a new story every day as we experience through the matrix of third dimension 古代波斯祭司的事实，恒星和这个由天而降，指引我们的灵魂只有故事编写者才知道，继续每天写给我们一个新故事，就像我们透过三维空间矩阵的体验一样。
When herod realized that he had been outwitted by the magi , he was furious , and he gave orders to kill all the boys in bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under , in accordance with the time he had learned from the magi 16希律见自己被博士愚弄、就大大发怒、差人将伯利恒城里、并四境所有的男孩、照著他向博士仔细查问的时候、凡两岁以里的、都杀尽了。
This was followed by jesus ' circumcision , his presentation to the lord , the visit of the magi , the family ' s flight into egypt , their return after the death of king herod the great about 2 / 1 bce and taking up residence in nazareth ( matthew 2 ) 接着是耶稣的割礼，他的神之显现，东方三博士的到访，全家人逃到埃及，他们在大约公元前2 / 1年希律王去世之后回到拿撒勒（马太福音2 ） 。
The star of bethlehem was a star or star - like object that , in the account of jesus ' birth given in the greek gospel of matthew , heralded his arrival and guided the magi ( better known in christian mythology as the three wise men ) to the house where jesus and his mother were 圣诞星是一颗星或星形的物体，希腊语的马太福音上是用作说明耶稣的诞生，预示他的来到和指引东方三博士（基督教神话内为人所知的三个智者）去耶稣和他的母亲的房子。
A modern astrological interpretation of matthew ' s account of the star , based on the magi role as astrologers , claims to " decode " the star of bethlehem as a star configuration that was visible only to astrologers because the " star " was revealed in an astrological chart 基于东方三博士的角色是占星家，一位现代占星家对马太福音的记载作了解释，声称“译解”了作为一颗恒星外形的圣诞星是只有占星家才看得见，因为这颗“星”是揭露在一张占星图表上。
