2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3 And everyone went to his own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
2:2([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2:2This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.
2:2This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2:2The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.
2:2This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2:2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2:2This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2:2this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria —
2:2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)