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 taxed.

Revised King James New Testament

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

2(This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

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Cross References

Matthew 22:17Therefore tell us, What do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Mark 14:9Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, what she has done shall be spoken of in remembrance of her.

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

Acts 25:11If I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is no truth to the things of which these men accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole 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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