• CM400
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    10 months ago

    I thought the point was that being born in a barn (or cave or whatever) and placed in a manger was to show that the Jews rejected him, and then the wise men come from the east shows that he would be worshipped by gentiles…

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      10 months ago

      it’s not the jews rejecting. it’s about the king’s rule and laws that make it necessary for the birth to be “on the road”