Luke 2:1 - The Message1-5 About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 IN THOSE days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. See the chapterCommon English Bible1 In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version1 And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, so that the whole world would be enrolled. See the chapter |