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Matthew 2:9

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2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again 1  the star they saw when it rose 2  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

Matthew 2:11

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2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down 3  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, 4  and myrrh. 5 
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[2:9]  1 tn Grk “and behold the star.”

[2:9]  2 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.



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