The Searchers

"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.”
Matthew 2:1 - 2

A band of scholars.
From one country: or many,
representing a world in need of a Saviour?
Friends: or strangers,
brought together by a communality of learning?

Wise men.
Philosophers, priests, astronomers.
Learned in study.
Experts in soothsaying.

What languages did they speak?
The question they asked was simple.
"Where is the newly born Jewish king?"

The humility of important men
before the birth of One so important.

An occasion so portentous
that they travelled from far.