(July 15, 2018 at 12:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(July 15, 2018 at 8:53 am)Huggy74 Wrote: The bible doesn't actually say that, but okay...
Actually, it does.
Quote:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
Matty 2
That reads more to me that the people of the time did not understand perspective when it comes to distance and the stars so they just kept following it until it brought them to their destination.
Remember at this time people in that area still believed in a firmament.