# 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.

— Matthew 2:11, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## When

- 6-4 BC? (counted from the text)
- Date source: Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Isaiah 60:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/60/6
- Psalms 72:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/72/10
- Luke 2:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/16
- Matthew 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/2
- Psalms 95:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/95/6
- Numbers 7:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/7/14
- 1 Kings 10:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/10/2
- Psalms 72:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/72/15

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- What gifts did the Magi present to the Child Jesus? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7e06-8c9e-9b117fc23cbd

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/11
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).