Discovery BoxMatthew 2:11 
Context2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down 1 and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, 2 and myrrh. 3
Matthew 9:18
ContextRestoration and Healing
9:18 As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”
1 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 sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).
3 sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.
