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Luke 2

Luke 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
it came to pass
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
those days
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hemera (Greek #2250)
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
KJV usage: age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.
Pronounce: hay-mer'-ah
Origin: feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle
, that
ekeinos (Greek #1565)
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
KJV usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also 3778.
Pronounce: ek-i'-nos
Origin: from 1563
there went out
exerchomai (Greek #1831)
to issue (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence), proceed (forth), spread abroad.
Pronounce: ex-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 2064
a decree
dogma (Greek #1378)
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
KJV usage: decree, ordinance.
Pronounce: dog'-mah
Origin: from the base of 1380
from
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
Caesar
Kaisar (Greek #2541)
Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor
KJV usage: Caesar.
Pronounce: kah'-ee-sar
Origin: of Latin origin
Augustus
Augoustos (Greek #828)
Augustus, a title of the Roman emperor
KJV usage: Augustus.
Pronounce: ow'-goos-tos
Origin: from Latin ("august")
, that all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
the world
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
oikoumene (Greek #3625)
land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
KJV usage: earth, world.
Pronounce: oy-kou-men'-ay
Origin: feminine participle present passive of 3611 (as noun, by implication, of 1093)
should be ηtaxed
apographo (Greek #583)
to write off (a copy or list), i.e. enrol
KJV usage: tax, write.
Pronounce: ap-og-raf'-o
Origin: from 575 and 1125
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η
or, enrolled.

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Augustus,
Augustus Caesar,
Caesar,
The World

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6-7:  The nativity of Christ.
8-14:  An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15-20:  The shepherds glorify God.
21:  Christ is circumcised.
22-24:  Mary purified.
25-38:  Simeon and Anna prophesy of Christ,
39-40:  who increases in wisdom,
41-50:  questions in the temple with the doctors,
51-52:  and is obedient to his parents.
Caesar.
Luke 3:1• 1Now, in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituræa and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene, (Luke 3:1)
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Acts 11:28• 28And there stood up one from among them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that a great famine was about to be over all the habitable [earth]; which came to pass under Claudius. g (Acts 11:28)
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Acts 25:11,21• 11If then I am a wrong doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die. But if none of these things is [true] whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
 21But when Paul appealed to be kept for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him unto Caesar. (Acts 25:11,21)
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Phil. 4:22• 22All the saints salute you, but especially those of the household of Caesar. (Phil. 4:22)
all.
Matt. 24:14• 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable [earth] for a witness to all the nations, and then shall the end come. (Matt. 24:14)
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Mark 14:9• 9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached throughout the whole world, what this woman hath done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her. (Mark 14:9)
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Mark 16:15• 15{i}And he said to them,{/i} Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all the creation. (Mark 16:15)
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Rom. 1:8• 8First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world. (Rom. 1:8)
taxed.
or, enrolled.
• The birth of the Son of David, of Emmanuel Himself; but He is outwardly under the power of the head of the beast, of a pagan empire. What a strange state of things is brought in by sin! Take special notice, however, that we have grace here: it is the intervention of God which makes all this manifest. (“Luke 2” by J.N. Darby)
• Prophecy however had indicated Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah, and the decree of the Emperor came just at the right time to send Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, though subsequently the proceedings were stayed for a time. (“Luke 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a censuse should be made of all the habitable world.

JND Translation Notes

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As "registered," Heb. 12.23.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.