1. Matthew 2:11 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the broader significance of the worship mentioned here?

Matthew 2:11 (ESV)

11 And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Worship is an important theme in the Gospel of Matthew. It recurs at the end after the resurrection when Jesus appears to his disciples on the mount in Galilee: “When they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted” (Matthew 28:17).