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New American Standard Bible

Luke 2:5

in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Mary;   Tribute (Taxes);   Thompson Chain Reference - Mary;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Humility of Christ, the;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;   Tribute;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Husband;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Betrothal;   Census;   Enrollment;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Taxes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joseph;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;   Betrothal;   Birth of Christ;   Body (2);   Census;   Mary, the Virgin;   Ministry;   Taxing ;   Virgin Birth;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Betrothment;   Census;   Joseph ;   Taxes, Taxation, Taxing;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bride;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Espousal;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   Papyrus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
King James Version (1611)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
King James Version
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
English Standard Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
New Century Version
Joseph registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was now pregnant.
Amplified Bible
in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.
Legacy Standard Bible
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
Berean Standard Bible
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
Contemporary English Version
Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,
Complete Jewish Bible
to be registered, with Miryam, to whom he was engaged, and who was pregnant.
Darby Translation
to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (She was now pregnant.)
Geneva Bible (1587)
To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.
George Lamsa Translation
With his acquired wife Mary, while she was with child, that they might be registered there.
Good News Translation
He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant,
Lexham English Bible
to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him and was pregnant.
Literal Translation
to be registered with Mary, the one having been betrothed to him as wife, she being pregnant.
American Standard Version
to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
Bible in Basic English
To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
Hebrew Names Version
to enroll himself with Miryam, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being great with child.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
with Mariam his espoused while with child, there to be enrolled.
Murdock Translation
with Mary his espoused, then pregnant, to be enrolled.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.
English Revised Version
to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
World English Bible
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being great with child.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(because he was of the family and houshold of David) To be inrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.
Weymouth's New Testament
to have himself registered together with Mary, who was betrothed to him and was with child.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that he schulde knouleche with Marie, his wijf, that was weddid to hym, and was greet with child.
Update Bible Version
to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being pregnant.
Webster's Bible Translation
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
New English Translation
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
New King James Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, [fn] who was with child.
New Living Translation
He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
New Life Bible
Joseph went to have his and Mary's names written in the books of the nation. Mary was his promised wife and soon to become a mother.
New Revised Standard
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
to enrol himself with Mary who was betrothed to him, she being with child.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.
Revised Standard Version
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde.
Young's Literal Translation
to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that he might be taxed wt Mary his spoused wife, which was wt childe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
in order to be registred with Mary, his espoused wife, who was then big with child.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Joseph signed the list and included his fiancée Mary. The wedding would be coming up soon.

Contextual Overview

1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all the people were on their way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, 5 in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:22-27, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19

Reciprocal: Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Matthew 13:55 - is not this Luke 1:27 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well.
Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2
And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth."
Job 5:10
"He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields,
Psalms 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of mankind, So that they may produce food from the earth,
Psalms 135:7
He causes the mist to ascend from the ends of the earth, He makes lightning for the rain; He brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, LORD our God? Therefore we wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along with him to be taxed and enrolled also, because she was of the same family of David, and belonged to the same city:

being great with child; very near her time, and yet, though in such circumstances, was obliged by this edict, to come to Bethlehem; and the providence in it was, that she might give birth there, and so the prophecy in Micah 5:2 have its accomplishment: this was an instance, and an example, of obedience to civil magistrates.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 2:5. With Mary his espoused wife — There was no necessity for Mary to have gone to Bethlehem, as Joseph's presence could have answered the end proposed in the census as well without Mary as with her; but God so ordered it, that the prophecy of Micah should be thus fulfilled, and that Jesus should be born in the city of David; Micah 5:2.


 
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