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    3. are the three wise men in the christmas story same as the sheperds?
    are the three wise men in the christmas story same as the sheperds?

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    0  Views: 2302 Answers: 3 Posted: 11 years ago
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      Read about them here  >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi

      11 years ago. Rating: 6
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        no.They were supposed to be kings of 3 different countries. The story goes that one of them was king of Persia - - - -modern day Iraq. There's been a suggestion that another one was king of Sudan .


         

        11 years ago. Rating: 1
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          nomdeplume

          One may have been a Zoroastrian priest.
          commented 11 years ago

          not because there king of different nation or continent but sheperds are simple employed worker and we know that they are badly payed


           

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