They saw a man, and they acknowledged a God!

The Magi’s Adoration

Rembrandt's 1632 painting The Adoration of the Magi, showing the Magi kneeling before the infant Jesus and Mary

“If the Magi had come in search of an earthly King, they would have been disconcerted at finding that they had taken the trouble to come such a long way for nothing. Consequently they would have neither adored nor offered gifts.

But since they sought a heavenly King, though they found in Him no signs of royal pre-eminence, yet, content with the testimony of the star alone, they adored: for they saw a man, and they acknowledged a God.”

— traditionally attributed to St. John Chrysostom

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