Matius 2:1-2
Konteks2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem 1 in Judea, in the time 2 of King Herod, 3 wise men 4 from the East came to Jerusalem 5 2:2 saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose 6 and have come to worship him.”
Matius 2:11-12
Konteks2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down 7 and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, 8 and myrrh. 9 2:12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, 10 they went back by another route to their own country.
[2:1] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[2:1] 3 sn King Herod was Herod the Great, who ruled Palestine from 37
[2:1] 4 sn The Greek term magi here describes a class of wise men and priests who were astrologers (L&N 32.40).
[2:1] 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[2:2] 6 tn Or “in its rising,” referring to the astrological significance of a star in a particular portion of the sky. The term used for the “East” in v. 1 is ἀνατολαί (anatolai, a plural form that is used typically of the rising of the sun), while in vv. 2 and 9 the singular ἀνατολή (anatolh) is used. The singular is typically used of the rising of a star and as such should not normally be translated “in the east” (cf. BDAG 74 s.v. 1: “because of the sg. and the article in contrast to ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, vs. 1, [it is] prob. not a geograph. expr. like the latter, but rather astronomical…likew. vs. 9”).
[2:11] 7 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] 8 sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).
[2:11] 9 sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.