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Luke 2:1-2
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The Birth of Jesus Christ

2 Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar[a] Augustus to register all the empire. 2 (This first registration took place when[b] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

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  1. Luke 2:1 Or “the emperor”
  2. Luke 2:2 Or perhaps “before”; here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was governor”)
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Luke 2:1-2
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The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days Caesar Augustus(A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.(B) 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(C)

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  1. Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before
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