Luke 2:3 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 2:3

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

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ASV

And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

WEB

And everyone went to his own town to register.

YLT

and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

DBT

And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Genesis 23:10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

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went . . . to his own city--the city of his extraction, according to the Jewish custom, not of his abode, which was the usual Roman method. 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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