The Revelation of the Magi is an early Christian writing in Syriac. It is part of the broader set of New Testament apocrypha, religious stories of early Christian figures that did not become canonized in the New Testament. The Revelation of the Magi is psuedepigraphically attributed to the testimony of the Magi, also known as the Wise Men, whose story appears in the Gospel of Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus. It is preserved as part of the Zuqnin Chronicle, an 8th-century Syriac religious history.
According to the work, the Magi originated from a country to the far east called Shir. The star that guided the Magi on their travels was Christ himself; he shifts from a celestial form into a human one both to beckon them on their journey, and transforms again in Bethlehem to instruct them. The Magi return home after meeting the star-child and spread wisdom and compassion. In an epilogue set many years later, they are baptized by the Apostle Judas Thomas in Shir, and he commissions them to spread the Christian message.