Luke 2:3

Luke 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
• New International Version (NIV)And everyone went to their own town to register.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

Context of Luke 2:3

1At that time, Caesar Augustus made a law. He told his men to count everyone who lived in the countries that he ruled. 2This was the first time that the Romans had made a list of everyone's names. Quirinius was the Roman ruler of Syria when it happened. Everyone went to his own home town for the Romans to count them. 4So Joseph went to his home town, Bethlehem. He was living in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee. Bethlehem was in Judea. King David had been born there, so Bethlehem was called the town of David. Joseph belonged to the family of David. That is why he went to Bethlehem. 5Joseph took Mary with him so that the Romans could count them. She went because she had promised to marry him. She was pregnant.

Luke 2:3 word by word

καὶ ἐπορεύοντο πάντες ἀπογράφεσθαι, ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• to be taxedἀπογράφωapographō · to registerG583
• every oneἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• his ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172

Commentaries on Luke 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city - The Roman census was an institution of Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome. From the account which Dionysius of Halicarnassus gives of it; we may at once see its nature. "He ordered all the citizens of Rome to register their estates according to their value in money, taking an oath, in a form he prescribed, to deliver a faithful account according to the best of their knowledge, specifying the names…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Since Joseph was a descendant of King David, he returned to David’s hometown of Bethlehem (1 Samuel 17:12, 58; 20:6). Bethlehem is a small village in Judea, eight kilometers (five miles) south of Jerusalem. The prophet Micah foretold that the Christ (the Messiah, God’s chosen king) would be born there (Micah 5:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. went ... to his own city--the city of his extraction, according to the Jewish custom, not of his abode, which was the usual Roman method.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:3

• Census
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Syria
• Tax
• Tribute (Taxes)

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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