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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 s...
every one , &c.. Papyrus (in British Museum), being. rescript of the Prefect Gaius Vibius Maximus (A.D. 103-4), shows that Herod must have been...
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city - The Roman census was an institution of...
And all went to be taxed— When the census was made in any country under the dominion of the Romans, the inhabitants were obligedto attend in the...
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city - i:e., the city of his extractio...
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 censu...
Into his own city ] It was a fixed principle of Roman government to respect the feelings and even the prejudices of subject peoples, and Herod, bein...
All went to be taxed. — As a rule the practice in a Roman census was to register people in their place of residence; but this was probably modified...
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...
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. Thi...
(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...
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, an...
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. Ver. 3. And all went to be taxed ] To pay a certain small sum of money in token of fidelit...
And all went to be taxed , (enrolled,) every one to his city “When the census was made in any country, the inhabitants were obliged to attend in t...
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...
The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a d...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:1 . All the world .— I.e. the Roman world ( orbis terrarum ). Taxed .—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census...
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 sho...
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 day...
Luke 2:1-9 . 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 this ta...
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...
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....
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...
And all went to "be taxed, every one into his own city.
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, w...
3 And all went to be taxed,b every one into his own city.