Gift of Wise men

Matthew2:

1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him.”

3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ[c] was to be born. 5″In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

6″ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for out of you will come a ruler

who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’[d]“

7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east[e] went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

There were these magi who were so wise/intelligent. They were reading the books written by the prophets and were expecting the birth of Jesus who will be the King. They understood the time and the details about Jesus’ birth as said by the prophets. Hence, when the exact time came they went to King Herod and asked about this new king. Herod became very jealous and angry and decided to kill the baby by getting all the information from the magi. So, the magi went to Bethlehem with gifts to worship baby Jesus who will be the king of the Jews. Then God told them not to go back to Herod as Herod is planning to kill the baby. The magi listened and went in a different way to their country without informing anything to Herod.