Luke 2:2
This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
In Context
3And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.
Cross References
Matthew 4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:
Acts 5:37After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.
Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,
Acts 26:30And the king rose up, and the governor and Bernice and they that sat with them.
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 →