Why did Matthew mark luke and john have wise men visit?

Answer 1

The wisemen didn't visit Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. They were writers who wrote about the wisemen visiting Jesus shortly after his birth, and they wrote about it because it was a historic fact, part of the events that happened during Jesus' 30 years on earth.

Answer 2

A:The wise men are not mentioned in Luke's nativity story but are very important in Matthew's version. The author of Matthewknew that magi (usually translated as 'wise men') was the term used for priests of the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians, so by having the priests of this important religion want to worship Jesus, he was seeking to demonstrate that Jesus was for people of all faiths. He also knew that Zoroastrianism prophesied that the Saoshyant would be born of a virgin and would come to defeat evil, a parallel he wished to draw for Jesus. Finally, the magiwere a convenient means of bringing Jesus to the attention of King Herod, so that Matthew can draw parallels between Jesus and Moses. King Herod would kill all the boys under two years old, just as the pharaoh had killed all the boys under two years old; Jesus escaped, just as Moses had escaped; Jesus had come out of Egypt to save his people, just as Moses had come out of Egypt to save his people; Joseph's father is called Jacob (although in Luke he is called Heli) just as in the Old Testament Joseph's father was Jacob.