15现在我们要来看星象家作了什么事:他们看见了那天上的星,便跟随它,但是他们犯了一个大错。……他们知道这星表征犹太人的王;因此他们推想他们该去到耶路撒冷,询问那些对这一类事有知识的人。我们知道,那一去就带来许多麻烦。我确信,如果他们不转向自己天然的观念,而是继续仰望天上的星,那星会一直走在他们前头,引导他们直达耶稣所在的地方。他们用不着去耶路撒冷。他们完全错了,以致许多幼小无辜的生命受害。犹太宗教的领袖们有知识,星象家有异象。但那些接受异象的人犯了一个大错,若非神出来干预,甚至可能导致婴孩耶稣丧生(李文集一九七○年第一册,三七○至三七二页)。
15Now consider what the magi did: They saw the heavenly star and they followed it, but they made a great mistake…They realized that this star signified the King of the Jews; therefore, they reasoned that they should go to Jerusalem and inquire of those who would have knowledge of such matters. Their going, as we know, caused much trouble. I do believe that if they had not turned to their natural concept, but continually looked away to the star in the sky, the star would have gone before them all the time, leading them directly to the place where Jesus was. They need not have gone to Jerusalem. They were thoroughly wrong and caused many young and innocent lives to be taken. The Jewish religious leaders had the knowledge, and the magi had the vision. Nevertheless, those who received the vision made a great mistake and, apart from divine intervention, would have caused the loss of the little child Jesus. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, “New Testament Service,” pp. 277-278)