7. Facts Mary and Joseph would travel to Bethlehem with a caravan, NOT ALONE Average distance for a day of travel is 20 miles Nazareth is 80 miles from Bethlehem A 4 Day Trip

10. Wise Guys How many?

11. Wise Guys From Where?

12. Wise Guys Why Herod?

13. Wise Guys Why the Gifts?

14. The Gifts Since the early days of Christianity, Biblical scholars and theologians have offered varying interpretations of the meaning and significance of the gold, frankincense and myrrh that the magi presented to Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew (2:11). These valuable items were standard gifts to honor a king or deity in the ancient world: gold as a precious metal, frankincense as perfume or incense, and myrrh as anointing oil. In fact, these same three items were apparently among the gifts, recorded in ancient inscriptions, that King Seleucus II Callinicus offered to the god Apollo at the temple in Miletus in 243 B.C.E. The Book of Isaiah, when describing Jerusalem’s glorious restoration, tells of nations and kings who will come and “bring gold and frankincense and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord” (Isaiah 60:6). Although Matthew’s gospel does not include the names or number of the Magi, many believe that the number of the gifts is what led to the tradition of the Three Wise Men.

15. Cesar Augusta Reign16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14 Full nameImperator Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Divi Filius Augustus Born23 September 63 BC BirthplaceRomeRome, Roman RepublicRoman Republic Died19 August AD 14 (aged 75) Place of deathNolaNola, Italia, Roman EmpireItaliaRoman Empire BuriedMausoleum of AugustusMausoleum of Augustus, RomeRome PredecessorNone (Empire founded)Empire SuccessorTiberiusTiberius, stepson by 3rd wife Consort toClodia PulchraClodia Pulchra (42 BC - 40 BC) Scribonia (40 BC - 38 BC) Livia Drusilla (37 BC - 14 AD) Scribonia Livia Drusilla OffspringJulia the Elder Gaius CaesarJulia the Elder Gaius Caesar (adoptive) Lucius Caesar (adoptive) Agrippa Postumus (adoptive) Tiberius (adoptive) Lucius Caesar Agrippa Postumus Tiberius FatherGaius Octavius MotherAtia Balba Caesonia Reign16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14 Full nameImperator Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Divi Filius Augustus Born23 September 63 BC BirthplaceRomeRome, Roman RepublicRoman Republic Died19 August AD 14 (aged 75) Place of deathNolaNola, Italia, Roman EmpireItaliaRoman Empire BuriedMausoleum of AugustusMausoleum of Augustus, RomeRome PredecessorNone (Empire founded)Empire SuccessorTiberiusTiberius, stepson by 3rd wife Consort toClodia PulchraClodia Pulchra (42 BC - 40 BC) Scribonia (40 BC - 38 BC) Livia Drusilla (37 BC - 14 AD) Scribonia Livia Drusilla OffspringJulia the Elder Gaius CaesarJulia the Elder Gaius Caesar (adoptive) Lucius Caesar (adoptive) Agrippa Postumus (adoptive) Tiberius (adoptive) Lucius Caesar Agrippa Postumus Tiberius FatherGaius Octavius MotherAtia Balba Caesonia