myrrh (σμύρνα “smyrna”), a multipurpose aromatic resin, made from the sap or gum of certain bushes; σμύρνα (smyrna), ης (ēs), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ Str 4666; TDNT 7.457—LN 6.208
Jesus had a crown of thorns put on him as he was to be crucified. Matthew 27:29. My thought: It was a crown of death. The first time thorns are mentioned in the Bible is in Genesis 3:18. They are mentioned as part of the result of the fall of man.
In Revelation 2: 8-10, Jesus tells the church at Smyrna...