Luke 2:5

Luke 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
• New International Version (NIV)He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

Context of Luke 2:5

3And everyone went to his own town to register. 4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:5 word by word

ἀπογράψασθαι σὺν Μαριὰμ τῇ ἐμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ οὔσῃ ἐγκύῳ.¶Read the interlinear

• to registerἀπογράφωapographō · to registerG583
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• who wasὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• pledged to him in marriageμνηστεύωmnēsteuō · to betrothG3423
• pledged to him in marriageαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• was expectingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a childἔγκυοςegkuos · pregnantG1471

Cross-references for Luke 2:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
• Matthew 1:18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on Luke 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5With 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage: See study note on 1:27.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Not only does Joseph, who was of the royal line, go to Bethlehem (1Sa 16:1), but Mary too--not from choice surely in her condition, but, probably, for personal enrollment, as herself an heiress.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:5

• Jesus, the Christ
• Mary
• Tribute (Taxes)

In the dictionaries

• Consolation
• Decree
• Depart
• Devout
• Glory
• Husband
• Inn
• Lighten
• Pair
• Ponder

Commentaries on Luke 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings