Luke 2:2 - English Majority Text Version 2009

² This census [was ]the first [one] while Quirinius was governing Syria.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² This was the first enrollment, and it was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

American Standard Version (1901)

² This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Common English Bible

² This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² This was the first enrollment; it was made by the ruler of Syria, Quirinius.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.

Luke 2:2 Cross References

Matthew 4:24

And the report of Him went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all those who were ill, and [who were ]suffering with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

Luke 2:1

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the empire.

Luke 2:3

And all were traveling to be registered, each to his own city.

Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governing Judea, and while Herod governed as tetrarch of Galilee, and while Philip his brother governed as tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and while Lysanias governed as tetrarch of Abilene,

Acts 13:7

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

Acts 18:12

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one purpose rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Acts 23:26

Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

Acts 26:30

When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those sitting together with them;

Acts 5:37

After this arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census, and caused considerable number of people after him to revolt. He too perished, and as many as were persuaded by him were scattered.