Matthew 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 2:11

On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

BSB

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ASV

And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

KJV

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

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Commentary

7 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (604)

(Hom. in Evang. i. 106.) Gold, as to a King; frankincense, as sacrifice to God; myrrh, as embalming the body of the dead. (ubi sup.) Something further may yet be meant here. Wisdom is typified by gold; as Solomon saith in the Proverbs, A treasure to be desired is in the mouth of the wise. (Prov. 21:20.) By frankincense, which is burnt before God, the power of prayer is intended, as in the Psalms, Let my speech come before thee as incense. (Ps. 141:2.) In myrrh is figured mortification of the flesh.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 11.) And opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The presbyter Juvencus beautifully captures the significance of the gifts in one verse. Thus, they bring gifts of gold, myrrh, and incense to the king, the people, and the God. And having received an answer in a dream, they returned to their own country by another way, so as not to go back to Herod. Those who had presented gifts to the Lord subsequently received a response.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when they were come into the house,.... Which they entered without making any inquiry, being fully assured by the star's standing right over it, that this was the house, and here was the king of the Jews, whom they were come to worship; and having entered in "they saw" some copies read ευρον, they found the young child, with Mary his mother; in her lap, or arms, or in the house with her, for by this time he might go alone.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

They presented to him gifts - It was customary to offer some present to any eminent person whom they visited. And so it is, as travelers observe, in the eastern countries to this day.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The house - The place where he was born, or the place where they lived at that time. Fell down - This was the usual way of showing respect or homage among the Jews, Est 8:3; Job 1:20; Dan 3:7; Psa 72:11; Isa 46:6. Worshipped him - Did him homage as King of the Jews. See the notes at Mat 2:

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

It is not known who these wise men were. Their names and dwelling-place are alike kept back from us. We are only told that they came “from the east.” Whether they were Chaldeans or Arabians we cannot say. Whether they learned to expect Christ from the ten tribes who went into captivity, or from the prophecies of Daniel, we do not know. It matters little who they were. The point which concerns us most is the rich instruction which their history conveys.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

That truth that is tradition has wisely remembered them almost as unknown quantities, as mysterious as their mysterious and melodious names: Melchior, Caspar, Balthazar.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐλθόντες	elthontes	having come	G2064 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκίαν	oikian	house	G3614 →
εἶδον	eidon	they saw	G1492 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
παιδίον	paidion	Child	G3813 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
Μαρίας	Marias	Mary	G3137 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
μητρὸς	mētros	mother	G3384 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πεσόντες	pesontes	having fallen down	G4098 →
προσεκύνησαν	prosekunēsan	they worshiped	G4352 →
αὐτῷ,	autō	Him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνοίξαντες	anoixantes	having opened	G455 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
θησαυροὺς	thēsaurous	treasures	G2344 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
προσήνεγκαν	prosēnegkan	they offered	G4374 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
δῶρα,	dōra	gifts,	G1435 →
χρυσὸν	chruson	gold	G5557 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λίβανον	libanon	frankincense	G3030 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σμύρναν.	smurnan	myrrh.	G4666 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
leads to
- Philippians 2:10
  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Ephesians 3:14
  ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
- Psalms 95:1
  Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- Daniel 6:10
  Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on…
Through
Matthew 2:2
asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
leads to
- Numbers 24:17
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Jeremiah 23:5
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”