Matthew 2:9
Context2:9 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
Context2:11 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
[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.