Luke 2:5

To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

In Context

4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and family of David,

6And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered.

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Cross References

Matthew 1:18Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →

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