The Bible says that wise men from the East came bearing three gifts, and people take that and say "three wise men!" or run to "The Greek" (probably) and say "kings!" Either way, the Bible doesn't say how many, and they obviously didn't show up a week after Jesus was born; Matthew 2:11 says that Jesus was a "young child," not an infant. This was likely at least a year after His birth: why else would Herod have called for all children 2 years old and younger to be killed? Remember, he inquired about what time the star first appeared so he knew how old Jesus would be, almost to the day.
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