A few wise men brought three gifts to the young child Jesus giving birth to the notion that there were three wise men. And they could have been from India!

Here are a few myths busted about the wise men who visited Bethlehem:
• There were not three wise men – there could have been more. They brought three kinds of gifts to the King which might have given rise to the tradition of three wise men.
• The wise men came at a time when Jesus was a young child, not when he was an infant. We read this “young child” mentioned six times in the same portion of Scripture where we read about their visit. And again, king Herod ordered all male children below two years of age in Bethlehem to be killed after the wise men left him high and dry of any information about the young Child.
• The wise men worshipped the young Child only – neither Mary nor Joseph (Joseph is not even mentioned in the context)
• The wise men did not enter the manger to see the Young Child – they entered their house