“ To be taxedc with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. ”
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....
with . in conjunction with. Greek. sun. App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 2:36 ; Luke 2:51 ; Luke 2:52 . espoused . married. Not merely "betrothed "( Matthew 1:20 ; Matthew 1:24...
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. With Mary his espoused wife - There was no necessity for Mary to have gone to Bethlehem, as Joseph's presence could have answered the...
And Joseph also went up— Herod's order for the taxation being, as we observed on the last verse, that every one should repair to the city of his people to be enrolled, Joseph and Mary, the descenda...
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife - `betrothed' "wife." She had sometime before this been taken home by Joseph (see the...
Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, e...
To be taxed. — Literally, to register himself. With Mary his espoused wife. — Many of the best MSS. omit the substantive: “with Mary who was betrothed to him.” The choice of the participle see...
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...
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...
(1) And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (2) (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)...
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 sam...
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. Ver. 5. Being great with child ] Yet could not be excused. This was a cruelty in Augustus (not to spare great-bellied women), but...
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...
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...
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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 2:1-7 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...
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 . 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...
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...
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...
to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. All the statements of the evangelist are made with such obvious care and accuracy that there is no reason to doubt his record, asi...
Deuteronomy 22:22-27 ; Matthew 1:18 ; Matthew 1:19
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...