Stop and think about these directions a bit. Bethlehem is itself just barely to the east of the Mediterranean Sea. Where would these guys have to have started if they were heading east? Crete? Sicily? They should be riding dolphins, not camels!
The only way this makes sense is to put that prepositional phrase where it belongs — “We, in the east, have seen his star” — and then they proceeded to head west.
Stop and think about these directions a bit. Bethlehem is itself just barely to the east of the Mediterranean Sea. Where would these guys have to have started if they were heading east? Crete? Sicily? They should be riding dolphins, not camels!
The only way this makes sense is to put that prepositional phrase where it belongs — “We, in the east, have seen his star” — and then they proceeded to head west.