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This first[a] registration took place while Quirinius was being-governor of Syria. And they were all going to register-themselves[b] each one to his own city[c]. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem— because of his being from the house and family of David—

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:2 Or, This was the first registration while. This was in about 4 b.c. A second, or a finishing of this first one, took place in a.d. 6, and is mentioned in Act 5:37.
  2. Luke 2:3 Or, be registered.
  3. Luke 2:3 This indicates Herod was conducting the census according to Jewish customs.

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