Browsing: with Jesus laid in a manger and visited by shepherds

     In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus’ adoptive father Joseph and his mother Mary, live in Bethlehem, a town in Judaea near Jerusalem. It is assumed to be their home village. Certain wise men come from “the East” to Herod, the evil King, looking to honor a new ruler they have determined from their study of a bright star that has appeared like a message in the “heavens” is soon to be born.