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 all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city: 4and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child. 6And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth [to her child] were fulfilled, 7and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the 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

• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• betrothedμνηστεύωmnēsteuō · to betrothG3423

Cross-references for Luke 2:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.
• Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [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