Matthew 2:16 KJV
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
The evidence of the text indicates that the wise men did not come to the stable the night of Christ's birth but much later. By the time they got there
• Jesus was a child, not a babe
• Jesus was in a house
• Herod had inquired of the wise men what time the star appeared to them and, when they did not return to tell him where Jesus was, he killed all the children of Bethlehem two years old and under, according to the time the wise men said they had seen the star.
So Jesus was likely two years old. And since a child begins to speak at about one year old, Jesus could very likely speak by the time the wise men arrived.
One of the men of the church I pastor remarked to me just last Sunday, "I wonder what Jesus said to them?"
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
The evidence of the text indicates that the wise men did not come to the stable the night of Christ's birth but much later. By the time they got there
• Jesus was a child, not a babe
• Jesus was in a house
• Herod had inquired of the wise men what time the star appeared to them and, when they did not return to tell him where Jesus was, he killed all the children of Bethlehem two years old and under, according to the time the wise men said they had seen the star.
So Jesus was likely two years old. And since a child begins to speak at about one year old, Jesus could very likely speak by the time the wise men arrived.
One of the men of the church I pastor remarked to me just last Sunday, "I wonder what Jesus said to them?"
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