Luke 2:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And it came to be in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to be registered.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IN THOSE days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered.

American 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.

Common English Bible

¹ In those days Caesar Augustus declared that everyone throughout the empire should be enrolled in the tax lists.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, so that the whole world would be enrolled.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ AND it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:1 Cross References

Esther 10:1

And Sovereign Aḥashwĕrosh laid compulsory labour on the land and the islands of the sea.

Matthew 22:17

Then say to us, what do You think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Matthew 24:14

“And this Good News of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.

Mark 14:9

Truly, I say to you, wherever this Good News is proclaimed in all the world, what this woman did shall also be spoken of, to her remembrance.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.

Luke 2:3

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

Luke 2:5

to be registered with Miryam, who was engaged to him – being pregnant.

Luke 3:1

And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Yehuḏah, and Herodes district ruler of Galil, and his brother Philip district ruler of Yetur and the country of Trachonitis, and Lusanias district ruler of Aḇilene,

Acts 11:28

And one of them, named Ḥaḡaḇ, stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there was going to be a great scarcity of food over all the world – which also took place under Claudius Caesar.

Acts 25:11

For if indeed I do wrong, or have committed whatever deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is none at all in these matters of which these men accuse me, no one is able to give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

Acts 25:21

But when Sha’ul appealed to be kept for the decision of Augustus, I ordered him to be kept until I send him to Caesar.

Romans 1:8

First, I truly thank my Elohim through יהושע Messiah for you all, that your belief is spoken of in all the world.

Philippians 4:22

All the set-apart ones greet you, but most of all those of Caesar’s household.