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Matthew 2:10-12
New English Translation
Matthew 2:10-12
New English Translation
10 When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.[a] 11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down[b] and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense,[c] and myrrh.[d] 12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod,[e] they went back by another route to their own country.
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- Matthew 2:10 tn Grk “they rejoiced with very great joy.”
- Matthew 2:11 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.”
- Matthew 2:11 sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).
- Matthew 2:11 sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was widely used in the ancient Near East by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans as perfume, as incense, and for medicinal purposes (W. Michaelis, TDNT 7:457). It was also used in preparing a corpse for burial (cf. John 19:39).
- Matthew 2:12 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.
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