“Before sunrise they stepped into Jerusalem. The Book of Diesel fell silent. The next sentence belongs to Matthew.”
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THE NEXT SENTENCE BELONGS TO MATTHEWThe Magi Enter the Gospel
The sacred-historical reconstruction has reached its boundary. The fictional witnesses become silent before the canonical witness begins.
THE CANONICAL STORY CONTINUES
“...behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.”Matthew now names Bethlehem, Herod, the question of the newborn king, the gifts, the warning, and the alternate road.
Read Matthew 2 as the next chapter. After the canonical infancy account, The Missing Years reopens the Second Road at age twelve and follows the imagined formation toward the Jordan.