Bible Question: Could someone please explain to me, the significance of the gold, frankinsense and myrrh that the three kings gave the baby Jesus? |
Bible Answer: Wendy: Please read the account of the visitors from the east in Matthew 2. The Bible calls them "wise men from the east" so we do not know that there was three but we do know there was more than one. We do not know that they were kings. We do not know their names. And the Bible says the visitors came into a house, not a stable, and saw a young child, not a baby. So it can be inferred that that was a time lapse between Jesus' birth and the visitors' appearance. There is no mention in the text that the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh had any special significance, though tradition has attached various meanings to them. --Hank |