Matthew 17:8

17:8 When ¹  they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

Matthew 2:9

2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again ²  the star they saw when it rose ³  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

Matthew 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ⁴  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ⁵  and myrrh. ⁶ 

[17:8]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[2:9]  ² tn Grk “and behold the star.”

[2:9]  ³ tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.

[2:11]  ³ tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[2:11]  ⁴ sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

[2:11]  ⁵ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.