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Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world in those days. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So 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. While...
In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. Matthew 1:18-25 As we previously discussed in chapter one, Joseph and Mary are returning to Joseph's place of birth, Bethlehem, for the census called by the Emperor. They are on a five-day journey, and it is hot, and there are not many places for rest. Along the...
