How many wise men , were their when Jesus was born?

Question

How many wise men , were their when Jesus was born?

Answer 1

Tradition has it that there were 3 wise men, although the Bible does not specify. The number 3 comes from the fact that there were 3 gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Answer 2

There were only three who came bearing gifts....but I'm sure there were a lot of others around at the time!!!

Answer 3

Three, each bringing a gift.  

Answer 4

Three.

Answer 5

3

Answer 6

They were actually called Magi or some such term.

Today they would be called solicitors or door to door sales [people].

Don't know what they were selling but didn't seem to catch.

Answer 7

The wise men weren't there when Jesus was born.  They technically came a while later.  The Bible doesn't say how many of them were there,  but they brought three gifts so traditionally that's where we get the idea that there were three.