The New Testament Greek leaves the original Chaldean word, Magi, untranslated, a term well-known in the Middle East during biblical history. It can denote righteous, God-fearing wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, prophets, and interpreters of dreams, or unrighteous false prophets, astrologers, augerers, soothsayers, and sorcerers, the latter often condemned by God in His Word. Most Bible versions render Magi as wise men, while a few retain Magi, Magians, or Mages, and others use terms like scholars or stargazers. The wise men who visited Jesus were not merely following a moving star; they knew in advance whose star it was, who they were going to visit, and that their purpose was to worship Him. It is highly unlikely that heathen, idolatrous astrologers would travel hundreds of miles to honor the son of a Deity they did not worship. Thus, it seems more likely that these Magi were descendants of Israelites or Jews exiled from the land of Israel, sent to recognize the birth of a scion of the line of David.