Tells the story of a wise man named Artaban, who sees the same heavenly signs that tell his fellow Magi of the arrival of the Christ Child, sells all he has and hastens to join his friends on the long journey into Judaea. However, he stops to aid a dying man on the way and is left behind. Artaban spends the rest of his life searching for Christ, but each time he comes close, he is side-tracked by the need to help another human being. Until one wonderful moment...