Q - Why does the writer calls Jim and Della the magi? Ans - the Magi as written in the bible were three wise men who came from east to give presents to the baby jesus in the manger. the three wise men were Gasper‚ Melchior‚ and Balthasor. and the gifts they brought were gold‚ frankincese and myarrh. they were said to be wise because they followed the star of bethlehem to reach baby jesus. and it is said that these gidfts by the magi were the wisest gifts of all. they invented the art of giving
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Three kings day is a Spanish holiday that is the last day of the 12 days of Christmas. The holiday takes place on January 6th. The holiday celebrates the coming of the three wise men to Christ. Traditionally the night before three kings day‚ there were prayers‚ blessed dried herbs were burned‚ doorways were sprinkled with holy water‚ and the master of the household would write in chalk C+B+M and the year above the house and barn door. This is meant to protect the house from fire and water for the
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Many ask‚ “Is the Bible the Word of God?” Dr. Elmer Towns compiled 10 arguments that the Bible is in fact the Word of God. Choosing one of these 10 persuading arguments was a daunting task as they are all equally convincing in my eyes. The extraordinary claims that the Bible is from God intrigued me the most. God had a unique message to convey to His people. This message had to be delivered in a manner that maintained the credibility of what He had to say. If we wanted to convey a message of
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In a spanish christmas they don’t belive in santa claus .They belive that the 3 wiseman.Kids leave there shoes out side and believe that the 3 wiseman will come and fill there shoes up with presents.Most people in Spain go to Midnight Mass or ’La Misa Del Gallo’ (The Mass of the Rooster). It is called this because a rooster is supposed to have crowed the night that Jesus was born. Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas
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Despicable me is a movie that was directed by two different producers. A summary about that movie is a guy named Gru and he adopt three little girls at first probably from a foster house it really doesn’t say where. At first he just wants the girls so they can help him solve his mission which is trying to enter to the enemy’s house. He makes it possible by telling the girls to sell their Girl Scouts cookies to him which they accomplish to do and his little robots get into the house and try to solve
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Prester John The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter Johannes) were popular in Europe from the 12th through the 17th centuries‚ and told of a Christian patriarch and king said to rule over a Christian nation lost amidst the Muslims and pagans in the Orient. Written accounts of this kingdom are variegated collections of medieval popular fantasy. Prester John was reportedly a descendant of one of the Three Magi‚ said to be a generous ruler and a virtuous man‚ presiding over a realm full of
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THE TRAVELERS AND THE PLANE TREE Two men were walking along one summer day. Soon it became too hot to go any further and‚ seeing a large plane tree nearby‚ they threw themselves on the ground to rest in its shade. Gazing up into the branches one man said to the other: “What a useless tree this is. It does not have fruit or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for anything.” “Don’t be so ungrateful‚” rustled the tree in reply. “I am being extremely useful to you at this very
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I used three Bible commentaries to better understand this passage. Those commentaries were Ellicott Commentary (online)‚ Barnes Commentary (online)‚ and the Benson Commentary (online). Ellicott Bible Commentary Ellicott’s Bible commentary tries to pinpoint in what village Jesus visited. Ellicott points out that one of the lepers was a Samaritan. Since one was a Samaritan it is probable that the village this story took place in was on the border-land of the two provinces. Ellicott finds it significant
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References: 1. Holy Scripture‚ John XXIII Catechetical Center‚ C. Guzman St.‚ Davao City 2. The Jerome Biblical Commentary‚ Prentice-Hall‚ Inc.‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ N.J. 3. Christian Community Bible‚ Claretian Publications‚ Quezon City‚ Philippines 4. Readers Digest: Who’s Who in the Bible‚ The Reader’s Digest Association‚ Inc.‚ Pleasantville‚ New York Montreal
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The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly‚ from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th Century B.C to the beginning of the monarchy in the 11 th century B.C. It tells about the hebrews from Joshua’s Death to the time of Samuel. It was written in about 550 BC‚ on tablets named the Ras Shamra tablets
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