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About that time, Augustus the Roman ruler made a law. All the people in the world must have their names written down in a book.

This was the first time names were written in a book in this way. Quirinius was the ruler of Syria at that time.

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The Birth of Jesus

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

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Footnotes

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