Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Luke 2:5 in other translations
| BSB | He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. |
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| WEB | to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant. |
| ASV | to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child. |
| YLT | to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child. |
| DARBY | to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him as his wife, she being great with child. |
| BBE | To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother. |
| Webster | To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. |
What does Luke 2:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 2:4-5
4-5. Not only does Joseph, who was of the royal line, go to Bethlehem (1Sa 16:1), but Mary too--not from choice surely in her condition, but, probably, for personal enrollment, as herself an heiress.
Barnes' Notes
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:1-7
The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law. The circumstances of his birth were very mean. Christ was born at an inn; he came into the world to sojourn here for awhile, as at an inn, and to teach us to do likewise. We are become by sin like an outcast infant, helpless and forlorn; and such a one was Christ. He well knew how unwilling we are to be…
Luke 2:5 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 2:5
- Matthew 1:18-19
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- Deuteronomy 22:22-27
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: …
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Context
- Luke 2:4
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
- Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
- Luke 2:6
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luke 2:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para ser empadronado con María su mujer, desposada con él, la cual estaba en cinta. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | pour être enregistré avec Marie, la femme qui lui était fiancée, laquelle était enceinte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | um sich einschreiben zu lassen mit Maria, seinem verlobten Weibe, welche schwanger war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut profiteretur cum Maria desponsata sibi uxore prægnante. |