into the house] The place where Christ was born, Luke 2. 7. or, it may be the guests being gone, she was now received into the house it self. fell down] A kinde of humble and lowly reverence, Exodus 34:4. opened their treasures] The sacks or vessels, wherein they brought their treasures. they presented] Or, offered. gifts] For with such, the men of the eastern parts used to present themselves before their kings, Genesis 43:11; Genesis 43:25-26. These were the choisest things the countrey could afford, 1 Kings 10:10. Psalms 45:12. and 72. 10, 15. gold, frankincense, and myrrhe] Gold was plentifull in Arabia; frankincense, peculiar to the Sabeans a people of Arabia; myrrhe, said to be found in Arabia onely, Psalms 72:15. 2 Chronicles 9:14. If any store of gold were offered, it was so ordered by God to provide for their flight into Egypt.