Luke 2:1

NOW it was in those days that there went forth a mandate from Augustus Caesar to enrol the people of his dominion.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 enrolment was first made under the government of Qurinos in Suria.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:17Tell us then, how doth it appear to thee? is it lawful to give head-money unto Cesar or not?

Mark 14:9And Amen I say to you, That wheresoever my gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also which she hath now done shall be told in memorial of her.

Luke 3:1NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberios Cesar, in the government of Pontios Pilatos in Jehud, Herodes being chief of the Fourth in Galila, and Philipos his brother chief of the Fourth in Ituria and in the region of Trakona, and Lusania chief of the Fourth of Abilini;

Acts 25:11and if a crime I have committed, or any thing worthy of death, I ask not (to be exempted) from death. But, if there be nothing in me of which these accuse me, no man shall give me to them as a gift. I invoke the appeals of Caesar.

Romans 1:8First, I praise my God through Jeshu Meshiha on behalf of you all, that your faith is heard (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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