Frankincense and myrrh are incenses you would burn in your house if you want to pollute your air with micro-particles and make your house smell like a middle-eastern souk.
The only thing you want from the Three Kings story is the gold. Trust me on that one.
I only answered your question about what they are 🙂 I have no idea how much they’re worth. Probably too much if you don’t live in the middle-east, as you’d have to import that stuff I guess.
Frankincense and myrrh are incenses you would burn in your house if you want to pollute your air with micro-particles and make your house smell like a middle-eastern souk.
The only thing you want from the Three Kings story is the gold. Trust me on that one.
Interestingly, the gospels don’t actually mention the number of magi that visited Jesus’ birth.
But which is technialm more valuable?
I only answered your question about what they are 🙂 I have no idea how much they’re worth. Probably too much if you don’t live in the middle-east, as you’d have to import that stuff I guess.
For the record, you can get myrrh resin for like 20-30 bucks a 4oz sack on Amazon.
A one pound sack of frankincense goes for about 20.
What was more valuable in the first century is anyone’s guess.