New And Strange

Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀστὴρ ὄν εἴδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ προῆγεν αὐτοὺς... Ἀκίνητος ἧν ὁ ἀστὴρ καὶ ἐστηκὼς, ἀλλ' οὐ τὸν οὐρανὸν καταλιπὼν πλησίον τῆς γῆς ἐπορεύετο· οὔτ' ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας ἐστήρικτο· οὐ γὰρ τὴν αὐτὴν κίνησιν τοῖς λοιποῖς ἄστροις ἐποιεῖτο, ἀλλὰ ξένην τινὰ καὶ ἀλλόκοτον. Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας, Ἐξὴγησις Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαιον Εὐάγγελιον Source: Migne PG 72.368a

And behold the star which they saw in the east, going before them... 1 The star was immovable and fixed, for it did not leave the heavens and come nearer to the earth, 2 nor was it set in some house. 3 For this had not the same motion as rest of the stars, but it was something new and strange. Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint Matthew, Fragment 1 Mt 2.9 2 As a shooting star would 3 An astrological house