Luke 2:1

AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be registered.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

In Context

2This registering was the first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:17Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Mark 14:9Verily I say to you, wherever the good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

Luke 3:1NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Acts 25:11If then I am an offender, and have done anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if there be none of the things whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of in all the world.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:1

In this chapter, we have an account of the birth and infancy of our Lord Jesus: having had notice of his conception, and of the birth and infancy of his forerunner, in the former chapter. The First-begotten is here brought into the world; let us go meet him with our hosannas, blessed is he that cometh. Here is, I. The place and other circumstances of his birth, which proved him to be the true Messiah, and such a one as we needed, but not such a one as the Jews expected, ver. 1-7 . II. The notifying of his birth to… Read the whole commentary →

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