Luke 2:1

And in those days it occurred, that a decree went forth from Augustus Caesar, that all the people of his dominion should be enrolled.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2And this enrollment was first made under the presidency of Quirinus in Syria.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:17Tell us, therefore, how doth it appear to thee: is it lawful to pay capitation money to Caesar, or not?

Mark 14:9Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this also which she hath done shall be told in memory of her.

Luke 3:1And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

Acts 25:11If I had committed any crime, or done any thing worthy of death, I would not refuse to die. But if none of the things of which they accuse me, is upon me, no one may sacrifice me to their pleasure. I announce an appeal to Caesar.

Romans 1:8In the first place, I give thanks to God by Jesus Messiah, on account of you all; because 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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