The 3 wise men

[DellaJMJ]

Is there biblical evidence or elsewhere, where by stating there were actually '3' men who came to see Jesus.
It would be of great interest as to why there were 3. I know there were 3 gifts offered to Jesus.

Thank you in advance
JMJ

[Matthew]

There is no biblical evidence as such. However I wouldn't discount the reliability of small 't' traditions on matters such as these as it is most likely correct.

[DellaJMJ]

So why '3' exactly, is there any particular reason

[Matthew]

Because that is what tradition has passed down. I assume that is most likely because there were in fact three present.

[DavidObeid]

Small t tradition even gives us their names: Balthasar, Melchior and Caspar.