Weband was it even a star?
A biblical scholar investigates the mysterious object that guided the magi to jesus.
Webstars, planetary conjunctions, and comets appear to move in the sky as the earth rotates.
However, this star guided the magi from the east (matthew 2:1) to.
Matthew, in his gospel account of the life of christ, recorded the appearance of a star that guided magi to bethlehem so that they might pay tribute to the newborn.
Webi do not think the magi were asking directions because the star guided them to the place where the child lay (matt 2:10).
The simplest explanation is they were.