Short (5-20 mins)
New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
Did Jesus' Star "arise," or was it "in the East"? (Matthew 2:2)
Theologian
Bill Mounce
Duration
6.04
Uploaded to YouTube
13 January 2022
Added to Database
17 December 2025
YouTube description
The traditional translation is that Jesus' star arose "in the East," but the primary meaning of the word is "rising." Of course, stars appear on the eastern horizon as the earth spins. Part of the reasoning for a translation, though, is tied up[in what you think the star was. Can a start point not only to Israel but to Bethlehem, and even to where Jesus was?