“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem.” (Matthew 2:1, NKJV) Of all those mentioned in the nativity story, we know the least about the wise men who came from the East. Matthew is the only Gospel that mentions them. We are not told how many came, where their journey began, or how long they traveled. Based on what they told King Herod, it seems likely they arrived a year or more after Jesus’ birth. They found the young child in a house,…