And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
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Barnes' Notes
In those days - About the time of the birth of John and of Christ. A decree - A law commanding a thing to be done. Caesar Augustus - This was the Roman emperor. His first name was Octavianus. He was…
Adam Clarke
Caesar Augustus - This was Caius Caesar Octavianus Augustus, who was proclaimed emperor of Rome in the 29th year before our Lord, and died a.d. 14.
That all the world should be taxed - Πασαν την…
The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law; and it was foretold that he should be born at Bethlehem. Now here we have an account of…
Cambridge Bible
Luk 2:1-7. The Birth of Jesus Christ
1. there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed Rather, that there should be an enrolment of the habitable world. The verb…