Luke 2:2
“(And this taxing was first made whē Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria)”
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Luke 2:2 Context
1And it came to passe in those dayes, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2(And this taxing was first made whē Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria) 3And all went to bee taxed, euery one into his owne citie. 4And Ioseph also wēt vp frō Galilee, out of the citie of Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)
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([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- King James Version
This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
- New American Standard Version (1995)