Our texts predict the coming of the Messiah, and dramatic changes in government. Oh King, wise men have just arrived from the East. Well bring them in. Maybe they have a gift for me. We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.
Wise people begin to exit.
About two years ago. Wise people agree and exit. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him. But he was pierced for our transgressions, and he was crushed for our iniquities. But Herod could not interfere with God's plan.