Luke 2:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ Now it happened in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the world’s inhabitants.

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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

Now King Ahasuerus imposed a tribute upon the entire land, even to the coastlands of the sea.

Matthew 22:17

Tell us therefore, what do You think? Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

Matthew 24:14

This Good News of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Mark 14:9

Amen, I tell you, wherever the Good News is proclaimed in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Mark 16:15

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

Luke 2:3

Everyone was traveling to be registered in his own city.

Luke 2:5

He went to register with Miriam, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.

Luke 3:1

It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of the Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.

Acts 11:28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted through the Ruach that there was going to be a great famine over all the world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

Acts 25:11

If then I am in the wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges, no one can turn me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Acts 25:21

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Messiah Yeshua for all of you, because your faithfulness is made known throughout the whole world.

Philippians 4:22

All the kedoshim greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.