The star mary +joseph followed to bethlehem or jeruslim?

i forget wich way round it is..but i think its a distance of 16 or 18 miles..they followed a star for 18 miles it musta traveled at 5mph..that would of took a few hours..how did that star move so slow hovering at bethlehem over a stable

The star mary +joseph followed to bethlehem or jeruslim?
for some time i've taken the account by sheer faith waiting for a plausible explanation because it made no sense that "a star", one of gazillions in the sky, could "lead" someone to a particular place.





or perhaps "a star" that was actually one or more moving moons orbiting in an odd dance around a distant planet that gave it peculiar animation from earths perspective.





but since the slow moving latest comet.. i'm thinking that it might have been a comet that the magi followed. it had to be something unusual and different than what anyone could see happening in the heavens.


or perhaps they followed an angel.





an interesting part is the magi themselves. its said that they were among a long line of astronomers that were commissioned by Daniel after the angel showed him concerning the time of Jesus coming... and that the gifts they offered were chosen by Daniel to present to the Christ child. for Daniel had been shown that He would be the King of the Jews, and that He would be killed. and the gifts spoke of those events.
Reply:Mary and Joseph didn't follow the star - the Magi did. And it wasn't from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. They followed the star to Jerusalem, and then got directions to Bethlehem from there.
Reply:It was the wise men that follow that star, Joeseph %26amp; Mary was already there.
Reply:THE MAGI followed the star, not Mary and Joseph.





Joseph had to return to his place of birth for the Census. So he returned to Bethlehem. The Magi from the east following the star to find the Christ.
Reply:Jesus's birth record states he was born in a place called Mird, near Qumran in the year 7 B.C.(Gregorian). The Essene, which Joseph and Mary were, lived and worked in Qumran, where there was a library which also kept records of births deaths and marriages.





These records were part of 'The Dead Sea Scrolls'.





So there was no reason for them to go to Bethlehem or Jerusalem. As with most christian writings it's just a story to ensnare the gullible.