13耶稣出生的时候,……圣经记载有些外邦人,星象家,来寻找祂(太二1~12)。当然,这是由神发起,不是由他们发起的。……神给星象家一颗发亮的星引导他们(2)。这星没有出现在圣地。这星向远离圣地、圣城、圣殿、圣宗教、圣经、圣民、圣祭司的人显现出来。这发亮的星远离这一切神圣的事物,向外邦地的一些外邦人显现。那星的照耀激起这些外邦星象家,想到犹太人的王。我不知道这些星象家怎样受到激动,想起犹太人的王,我不想猜测。……无论如何,他们是从东方来的,并且领悟这星指明犹太人的王。 13At the time of Jesus’ birth…there is a record that some pagan men, magi, came to find Him (Matt. 2:1-12). Of course, this was initiated by God, not by them. God gave the magi a shining star to guide them (v. 2). This star did not appear in the Holy Land. It appeared to men far away—far away from the Holy Land; far away from the holy city; far away from the holy temple and the holy religion; far away from the Holy Bible, the holy people, and the holy priests. Far away from all these holy things, the shining star appeared to some pagan men in a pagan land. The shining of that star stirred up these pagan wise men regarding the King of the Jews. I do not know how these wise men were stirred up regarding the King of the Jews, and I do not want to guess…At any rate, they came from the east, the Orient, and realized that the star indicated the King of the Jews.