Luke 2:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Luke 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In those days - About the time of the birth of John and of Christ. A decree - A law commanding a thing to be done. Caesar Augustus - This was the Roman emperor. His first name was Octavia...
Luke 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (1) it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the (a) world should be (b) taxed. (1) Christ, the son of God, taking upon himself the form of a se...
Luke 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Jesus. Lk. only. In obedi ence to a decree of the Emperor Augustus, ordering a general census (the first, during the Syrian governor ship of Quirinius), every man went to his own city....
Luke 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

it came to pass in those days. The seventh and last occurrence of this ominous phrase. See note on Genesis 14:1 . it came to pass. . Hebraism, frequent in Luke. Compare Luke 1:8 . in. Greek....
Luke 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke relates how it happened, that Christ was born in the city of Bethlehem, as his mother was living at a distance from her home, when she was approaching to her confinement. And first he sets...
Luke 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Caesar Augustus - This was Caius Caesar Octavianus Augustus, who was proclaim...
Luke 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And it came to pass, &c.— At that time an edict was published by Caesar Augustus, that all the provinces of the Roman empire should be registered or enrolled, —as in the margin of our Englis...
Luke 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And it came to pass in those days - a general reference to the forego...
Luke 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Augustus ] The first Roman emperor. His actual reign dated from the battle of Actium 31 b.c. to his death in 14 a.d. Taxed] RV 'enrolled.' This enrolment was perhaps simply a census or numbering o...
Luke 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

II. (1) There went out a decree. — The passage that follows has given rise to almost endless discussion. The main facts may be summed up as follows: — (1) The word “taxed” is used in its older E...
Luke 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savior of Mankind Is Born Luke 2:1-14 The manger bed and its precious occupant are among the most cherished memories of our childhood; but as we come there in later life, the wonder ever gr...
Luke 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and fore...
Luke 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The birth of Christ. His Circumcision. Simeon's Prophecy of Christ, and the declaration of Anna concerning him. Jesus teaching in the Temple, at the age of twelve years.
Luke 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in those days ,.... When John the Baptist was born, and Christ was conceived, and his mother pregnant with him, and the time of his birth drew on. The Ethiopic version reads, "in...
Luke 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Ver. 1. A decree from Caesar Augustus ] By a sweet providence of God, tha...
Luke 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it came to pass in those days That is, about the time in which John the Baptist was born, and Christ conceived, in the manner related in the preceding chapter; there went out a decree from Ces...
Luke 2:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the wor...
Luke 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world shou...
Luke 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

LUKE CHAPTER 2 Luke 2:1-5 Augustus taxes all the Roman empire: Joseph goeth with Mary to be taxed at Bethlehem. Luke 2:6,7 The birth of Christ. Luke 2:8-14 An angel bringeth news thereof...
Luke 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:1 . All the world .— I.e. the Roman world ( orbis terrarum ). Taxed .—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census, but with a view to taxation. Luke 2:2 . This...
Luke 2:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

world (Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth"). This passage is noteworthy as defining the usual New Testament use of oikoumene as the sphere of Roman rule at its greatest extent, that i...
Luke 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:1-7 The Child and the Emperor. I. "It came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed." In the original meaning of these wo...
Luke 2:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We WILL now read the story of our Saviour's birth as it is recorded in the Gospel according to Luke. Luke 2:1-6 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar August...
Luke 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issue...
Luke 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

A decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed There is no grand reason, you see, given why Mary and Joseph should go to Judaea. The angel who is said to have announced the comi...
Luke 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed ; more accurately, that there should be a r...
Luke 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Luke 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:28 ; Acts 25:11 ; Acts 25:21 ; Luke 3:1 ; Mark 14:9 ; Mark 16:15 ; Matthew 24:14 ; Philippians 4:22 ; Romans 1:8
Luke 2:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...
Luke 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That all the world should be enrolled — That all the inhabitants, male and female, of every town in the Roman empire, with their families and estates, should be registered.

Luke 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Luke 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes