Luke 2:2

2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

Luke 2:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
ESV
2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
NLT
2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
MSG
2 This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
CSB
2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.

Luke 2:2 In-Context

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Matthew 4:24; Acts 15:23,41; Acts 21:3; Galatians 1:21

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "This census took place before"
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