Matthew 2:11. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him:
The old Reformers used to say, "Here is a bone that sticks in the throat of the Romanists, and they can neither get it up nor down, for it does not say, They saw Mary and the young child, the young child is put first, they came to see him; and it does not say that ‘they fell down and worshipped them.’" If ever there was an opportunity for Mariolatry, surely this was the one, when the child was as yet newly-born, and depended so much upon his mother. Why did not the magi say, "Ave Maria!" and commence at once their Mariolatry? Ay, but these were wise men; they were not priests from Rome, else might they have done it.
Matthew 2:11. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
The best they had, presents fit for a King; offered as the tribute of the country from which they came, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh being found in the ecast. It is well to bring to Christ the best we have, and the boat of the best: "gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."
Matthew 2:11. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him:
The old Reformers used to say, "Here is a bone that sticks in the throat of the Romanists, and they can neither get it up nor down, for it does not say, They saw Mary and the young child, the young child is put first, they came to see him; and it does not say that ‘they fell down and worshipped them.’" If ever there was an opportunity for Mariolatry, surely this was the one, when the child was as yet newly-born, and depended so much upon his mother. Why did not the magi say, "Ave Maria!" and commence at once their Mariolatry? Ay, but these were wise men; they were not priests from Rome, else might they have done it.
Matthew 2:11. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
The best they had, presents fit for a King; offered as the tribute of the country from which they came, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh being found in the ecast. It is well to bring to Christ the best we have, and the boat of the best: "gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."