It is evident that the star must have been in the air, and close above the house where the Child was, else it would not have pointed out the exact house.
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Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754
It is evident that the star must have been in the air, and close above the house where the Child was, else it would not have pointed out the exact house.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
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