Matthew shaped the story well to point out that from the very beginning of his life, Jesus was rejected by the Jewish leaders and accepted by the gentiles. The ‘magi from the east’ represent the gentiles. They knew things that king Herod and the Jewish leaders did not. That is why he and others were so shocked to hear from the ‘magi’ that they had come to pay homage to the newborn king of the Jews.
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