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Major Story Themes - The Star of Bethlehem The Lunar Eclipse There is another problem with 4 B.C. The lunar eclipse on March 10 occurred more than 6 hours after sunset, and therefore, would not have been seen by many people in Jericho at the time. However, there was another lunar eclipse that took place on December 29, 1 B.C. After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the time of King Herod Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him Place the ornament on a table and plug it in so it is lit up

The star was over the town of Bethlehem, but the magi decided to stop in the city of Jerusalem on the way. Herod was the King of the Jews and lived in a Jerusalem palace. The magi thought that since he was a king, surely Herod would know about the new king. The star of Bethlehem is never called by that name in the Bible. It first appears in Matthew 2:2, when the Magi (or Wise Men) from the east go to King Herod in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

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Major Story ThemesWhat was the Star of Bethlehem? There are several theories about what the star might have been: a comet, a nova, planets aligning. Discuss these articles with your kids and decide which is the most likely scenario. The Shekinah Glory as the Star of Bethlehem So far in this essay I have discussed several naturalistic explanations for the Star of Bethlehem a nova or exploding star a comet a triple conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn in 7 B C and the planet Jupiter as it traveled in the constellation Leo in 3 2 B C

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