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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.

Context of Luke 2:5

3And everyone went to their own town to register. 4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

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 22:22If a man is found sleeping 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 the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant 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