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

3Everyone 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. Joseph took Mary with him so that the Romans could count them. She went because she had promised to marry him. She was pregnant. 6While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her baby to be born. 7This was her first baby, and it was a boy. She put cloths around him. Then she put him in an animal's food box. She did this because the rooms for visitors were full of people.

Luke 2:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• To be taxedἀπογράφωapographō · to registerG583
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• espousedμνηστεύωmnēsteuō · to betrothG3423
• wifeγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• great with childἔγκυοςegkuos · pregnantG1471

Cross-references for Luke 2:5

• Deuteronomy 22:22You may discover a man who is having sex with another man's wife. If so, you must punish both the man and the woman with death. In this way, you will remove such evil acts from Israel.
• Matthew 1:18This is how Jesus Christ was born. His mother's name was Mary. She had promised to marry a man called Joseph. Then she discovered that she was pregnant. This happened before they started to live together. It was the Holy Spirit that caused this to happen to her.

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)

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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