These were very valuable, and fit for a king. Even though Jesus was only a little baby, born in a humble stable, they believed that he was the king the star led them to. *The wise men place the ...

In the new version, baby Jesus is no longer Jewish ... from the Palestinian Jesus in the rubble, but from Jesus of Nazareth who was born to a Jewish family in Bethlehem — The City of David.

Here is a historical example. Herod was the Roman-appointed King of Judea when a baby boy named Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph in a manger. This poor couple lived in a foreign land. The child ...