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Luke 2:3
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Christian Standard Bible®
So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
King James Version (1611)
And all went to bee taxed, euery one into his owne citie.
And all went to bee taxed, euery one into his owne citie.
King James Version
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
English Standard Version
And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
New American Standard Bible
And all the people were on their way to register for the census, each to his own city.
And all the people were on their way to register for the census, each to his own city.
New Century Version
And all went to their own towns to be registered.
And all went to their own towns to be registered.
Amplified Bible
And everyone went to register for the census, each to his own city.
And everyone went to register for the census, each to his own city.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city.
And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city.
Legacy Standard Bible
And everyone was going to be registered for the census, each to his own city.
And everyone was going to be registered for the census, each to his own city.
Berean Standard Bible
And everyone went to his own town to register.
And everyone went to his own town to register.
Contemporary English Version
Everyone had to go to their own hometown to be listed.
Everyone had to go to their own hometown to be listed.
Complete Jewish Bible
Everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
Everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
Darby Translation
And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone traveled to their own hometowns to have their name put on the list.
Everyone traveled to their own hometowns to have their name put on the list.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.
Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.
George Lamsa Translation
And every man went to be registered in his own city.
And every man went to be registered in his own city.
Good News Translation
Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own hometown.
Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own hometown.
Lexham English Bible
And everyone went to be registered, each one to his own town.
And everyone went to be registered, each one to his own town.
Literal Translation
And all went to be registered, each to his own city.
And all went to be registered, each to his own city.
American Standard Version
And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
Bible in Basic English
And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
Hebrew Names Version
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
International Standard Version
So all the people went to their hometowns to be registered.
So all the people went to their hometowns to be registered.
Etheridge Translation
And every man went to be enrolled in his city.
And every man went to be enrolled in his city.
Murdock Translation
And everyone went to his own city to be enrolled.
And everyone went to his own city to be enrolled.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And euery man went vnto his owne citie, to be taxed.
And euery man went vnto his owne citie, to be taxed.
English Revised Version
And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.
And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.
World English Bible
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And all went to be inrolled, every one to his own city.
And all went to be inrolled, every one to his own city.
Weymouth's New Testament
and all went to be registered--every one to the town to which he belonged.
and all went to be registered--every one to the town to which he belonged.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle men wenten to make professioun, ech in to his owne citee.
And alle men wenten to make professioun, ech in to his owne citee.
Update Bible Version
And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.
And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
New English Translation
Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
New King James Version
So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
New Living Translation
All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.
All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.
New Life Bible
So all the people went to their own cities to have their names written in the books of the nation.
So all the people went to their own cities to have their names written in the books of the nation.
New Revised Standard
All went to their own towns to be registered.
All went to their own towns to be registered.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and all were journeying to be enrolled, each one unto his own city.
and all were journeying to be enrolled, each one unto his own city.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.
And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.
Revised Standard Version
And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city.
And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And every man went vnto his awne citie to be taxed.
And every man went vnto his awne citie to be taxed.
Young's Literal Translation
and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed.
And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
all went to be registred, every one to his native city.
all went to be registred, every one to his native city.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Everyone had to ride back to their home place to put their name on the list.
Everyone had to ride back to their home place to put their name on the list.
Contextual Overview
1About 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. 6While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References
Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done. This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done. This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
Genesis 2:8
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
Genesis 2:10
A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15
God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
Genesis 2:21
God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
Exodus 23:12
"Work for six days and rest the seventh so your ox and donkey may rest and your servant and migrant workers may have time to get their needed rest.
"Work for six days and rest the seventh so your ox and donkey may rest and your servant and migrant workers may have time to get their needed rest.
Exodus 34:21
"Work six days and rest the seventh. Stop working even during plowing and harvesting.
"Work six days and rest the seventh. Stop working even during plowing and harvesting.
Leviticus 23:3
"Work six days. The seventh day is a Sabbath, a day of total and complete rest, a sacred assembly. Don't do any work. Wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to God .
"Work six days. The seventh day is a Sabbath, a day of total and complete rest, a sacred assembly. Don't do any work. Wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to God .
Proverbs 10:22
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And all went to be taxed,.... Throughout Judea, Galilee, and Syria; men, women, and children;
every one into his own city; where he was born, and had any estate, and to which he belonged.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 2:3. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. — The Roman census was an institution of Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome. From the account which Dionysius of Halicarnassus gives of it; we may at once see its nature.
"He ordered all the citizens of Rome to register their estates according to their value in money, taking an oath, in a form he prescribed, to deliver a faithful account according to the best of their knowledge, specifying the names of their parents, their own age, the names of their wives and children, adding also what quarter of the city, or what town in the country, they lived in." Ant. Rom. l. iv. c. 15. p. 212. Edit. Huds.
A Roman census appears to have consisted of these two parts:
1. The account which the people were obliged to give in of their names, quality, employments, wives, children, servants, and estates; and
2. The value set upon the estates by the censors, and the proportion in which they adjudged them to contribute to the defence and support of the state, either in men or money, or both: and this seems to have been the design of the census or enrolment in the text. This census was probably similar to that made in England in the reign of William the Conqueror, which is contained in what is termed Domesday Book, now in the Chapter House, Westminster, and dated 1086.
