And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices3
As at that time in the reign of Augustus and under the governorship of Cyrinus, every one went to his own city to make returns of his property; so now when Christ reigns through His teachers (the governors of the Church) ought we to make returns of righteousness.
Bede· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 735patristic
And all went to be taxed,.... Throughout Judea, Galilee, and Syria; men, women, and children, every one into his own city; where he was born, and had any estate, and to which he belonged.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city - The Roman census was an institution of Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
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Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
