Luke 2:5
3 And everyone went to his own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
6 While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
7 And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
- KJV
- To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
- WEB
- to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
- ASV
- to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
- DARBY
- to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
- BLB
- to register with Mary, the one betrothed to him, she being pregnant.
- ÅB
- for å la seg innskrive sammen med Maria, sin trolovede, som var fruktsommelig.
- OTB
- for å la seg innskrive sammen med Maria, sin trolovede, som var med barn.
- B1930
- for å la sig innskrive sammen med Maria, sin trolovede, som var fruktsommelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 1:18–19
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:22–27
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
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