Gospel.com Topics Feed - Myrrh 2009-09-11T08:51:15-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/myrrh/ Myrrh in the Bible - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%202:10-11&version=NIV 2009-09-11T08:51:15-05:00 Myrrh was one of the expensive spices brought to the newborn Jesus by the wise men from the East on Christmas morning. It was a gift suitable for a king. C.H. Spurgeon : A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=5724 2008-01-09T08:53:00-05:00 Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is He compared to "a bundle of myrrh"? First, for plenty. He is not a drop of it, He is...