Luke 2
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Luke 2:1-7

1NowG1161 in thoseG1565 daysG2250 a decreeG1378 wentG1831 out from 1CaesarG2541 AugustusG828, that a censusG583 be takenG583 of 2allG3956 3the inhabitedG3625 earthG3625. 24ThisG3778 was the firstG4413 censusG582 takenG1096 while 5QuiriniusG2958 was governorG2230 of 6SyriaG4947. 3And everyoneG3956 was on his wayG4198 to registerG583 for the censusG583, eachG1538 to his ownG1438 cityG4172. 4JosephG2501 alsoG2532 wentG305 up from GalileeG1056, from the cityG4172 of NazarethG3478, to JudeaG2453, to the cityG4172 of DavidG1160 whichG3748 is calledG2564 BethlehemG965, becauseG1223 7he was of the houseG3624 and familyG3965 of DavidG1160, 5in order to registerG583 alongG4862 with MaryG3137, who was engagedG3423 to him, and was with childG1471. 6WhileG1722 they were thereG1563, the daysG2250 were completedG4092 for her to giveG5088 birthG5088. 7And she 8gaveG5088 birthG5088 to her firstbornG4416 sonG5207; and she wrappedG4683 Him in clothsG4683, and laidG347 Him in a 9mangerG5336, becauseG1360 there was noG3756 roomG5117 for them in the innG2646.

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 2:1 Matt 22:17; Luke 3:1 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 2:1 Matt 24:14 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 2:1 I.e. the Roman empire ↩
  4. 4. Luke 2:2 Or This took place as a first census ↩
  5. 5. Luke 2:2 Gr Kyrenios ↩
  6. 6. Luke 2:2 Matt 4:24 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 2:4 Luke 1:27 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 2:7 Matt 1:25 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 2:7 Or feeding trough ↩

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