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Myles Coverdale Bible

Luke 2:5

that he might be taxed wt Mary his spoused wife, which was wt childe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Mary;   Tribute (Taxes);   Thompson Chain Reference - Mary;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Humility of Christ, the;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;   Tribute;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Husband;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Betrothal;   Census;   Enrollment;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Taxes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joseph;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;   Betrothal;   Birth of Christ;   Body (2);   Census;   Mary, the Virgin;   Ministry;   Taxing ;   Virgin Birth;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Betrothment;   Census;   Joseph ;   Taxes, Taxation, Taxing;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bride;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Espousal;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   Papyrus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
King James Version (1611)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
King James Version
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
English Standard Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
New American Standard Bible
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.
New Century Version
Joseph registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was now pregnant.
Amplified Bible
in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.
Legacy Standard Bible
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
Berean Standard Bible
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
Contemporary English Version
Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,
Complete Jewish Bible
to be registered, with Miryam, to whom he was engaged, and who was pregnant.
Darby Translation
to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (She was now pregnant.)
Geneva Bible (1587)
To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.
George Lamsa Translation
With his acquired wife Mary, while she was with child, that they might be registered there.
Good News Translation
He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant,
Lexham English Bible
to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him and was pregnant.
Literal Translation
to be registered with Mary, the one having been betrothed to him as wife, she being pregnant.
American Standard Version
to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
Bible in Basic English
To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
Hebrew Names Version
to enroll himself with Miryam, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being great with child.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
with Mariam his espoused while with child, there to be enrolled.
Murdock Translation
with Mary his espoused, then pregnant, to be enrolled.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.
English Revised Version
to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
World English Bible
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being great with child.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(because he was of the family and houshold of David) To be inrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.
Weymouth's New Testament
to have himself registered together with Mary, who was betrothed to him and was with child.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that he schulde knouleche with Marie, his wijf, that was weddid to hym, and was greet with child.
Update Bible Version
to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being pregnant.
Webster's Bible Translation
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
New English Translation
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
New King James Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, [fn] who was with child.
New Living Translation
He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
New Life Bible
Joseph went to have his and Mary's names written in the books of the nation. Mary was his promised wife and soon to become a mother.
New Revised Standard
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
to enrol himself with Mary who was betrothed to him, she being with child.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.
Revised Standard Version
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde.
Young's Literal Translation
to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.
Mace New Testament (1729)
in order to be registred with Mary, his espoused wife, who was then big with child.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Joseph signed the list and included his fiancée Mary. The wedding would be coming up soon.

Contextual Overview

1 It fortuned at the same tyme, that there wete out a comaundement fro Augustus the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde be taxed. 2 And this taxynge was the first that was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria. 3 And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed. 4 Then Ioseph gat him vp also fro Galile, out of the cite of Nazareth, in to Iewry, to ye cite of Dauid, which is called Bethleem, (because he was of ye house and lynage of Dauid) 5 that he might be taxed wt Mary his spoused wife, which was wt childe. 6 And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered. 7 And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 22:22-27, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19

Reciprocal: Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Matthew 13:55 - is not this Luke 1:27 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
And the LORDE God caused to sprynge out of the earth all maner trees, pleasaut to loke vpo, and good to eate: and the tre of life in the myddest of the garden, and the tre of knowlege of good and euell.
Genesis 2:11
The first is called Phison, which renneth aboute all the londe of Heuyla.
Genesis 2:12
And there is founde golde, (& the golde of that countre is precious,) and there is founde Bedellion, and the precious stone Onix.
Genesis 3:23
Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden, to tyll ye earth, whece he was take.
Genesis 4:2
And she proceaded forth, & bare his brother Abell. And Abell became a shepherde, but Cain became an hußbande man.
Genesis 4:12
Whan thou tyllest ye grounde, she shall henßforth not geue hir power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon ye earth.
Job 5:10
Which geueth rayne vpo the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges:
Psalms 104:14
Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell, and grene herbe for the seruyce of men.
Psalms 135:7
He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde, he turneth ye lighteniges vnto rayne, bringige the wyndes out of their treasuries.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers of heauen? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God, in who we trust? Yee LORDE, thou dost all these thinges.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along with him to be taxed and enrolled also, because she was of the same family of David, and belonged to the same city:

being great with child; very near her time, and yet, though in such circumstances, was obliged by this edict, to come to Bethlehem; and the providence in it was, that she might give birth there, and so the prophecy in Micah 5:2 have its accomplishment: this was an instance, and an example, of obedience to civil magistrates.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 2:5. With Mary his espoused wife — There was no necessity for Mary to have gone to Bethlehem, as Joseph's presence could have answered the end proposed in the census as well without Mary as with her; but God so ordered it, that the prophecy of Micah should be thus fulfilled, and that Jesus should be born in the city of David; Micah 5:2.


 
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