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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:2

And this taxing was first made ... - This verse has given as much perplexity, perhaps, as any one in the New Testament. The difficulty consists in the fact that “Cyrenius,” or “Quirinius,” was not governor of Syria until 12 or 15 years after the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born during the reign of Herod. At that time “Varus” was president of Syria. Herod was succeeded by “Archelaus,” who reigned eight or nine years; and after he was removed, Judea was annexed to the province of Syria, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:2

Luke 2:2. And this taxing (rather this enrolling) was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria According to the Jewish historian, Josephus, Cyrenius was not governor of Syria till ten or twelve years after our Saviour’s birth, after Archelaus was deposed, and the country brought under a Roman procurator; yet, according to our translation of Luke here, he was governor before the death of Herod, the father and predecessor of Archelaus, and in the same year when Christ was born. Now... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:3

Luke 2:3. And all went to be taxed, (enrolled,) every one to his city “When the census was made in any country, the inhabitants were obliged to attend in the cities to which they belonged, Livy, 50. 42. c. 10. The reason was, without a precaution of this kind, the census would have been excessively tedious, and people who were abroad might have been omitted, or registered among the inhabitants of other cities, where they would not have been found afterward, or they might have been... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-20

8. Shepherds visit the stable (Luke 2:1-20)Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth in the north of Palestine (see Luke 1:26-27), but the town to which they belonged according to their ancestry was Bethlehem, the birthplace of their forefather David. When the government issued an order that all people were to return to their ancestral town for a census (probably for taxation purposes), Joseph and Mary made the journey to Bethlehem. The town was so overcrowded with travellers returning for the census... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:2

this taxing was first made = this was the first registration to be made. A second is recorded in Acts 5:37 . Cyrenius. Greek for the Latin Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:3

every one , &c. A Papyrus (in British Museum), being a rescript of the Prefect Gaius Vibius Maximus (A.D. 103-4), shows that Herod must have been acting under Roman orders. Vib. Max. was Prefect of Egypt, and wrote: "The enrolment by households being at hand, it is necessary to notify all who for any cause soever are outside their homes to return to their domestic hearths, that they may accomplish the customary dispensation of enrolment, and continue steadfastly in the husbandry that... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:2

This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.The second census under Quirinius was in 6 A.D. (Acts 5:37); and the words "the first" in this passage refer to the census fourteen years earlier in 8 B.C., but which was delayed in Palestine until the time coinciding with the birth of Christ in 6 B.C. Quirinius was twice governor and presided over both. Robertson said:Luke is now shown to be wholly correct in his statement that Quirinius was twice governor, and that the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:3

And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.Here again we must take notice of the carping allegations that Luke erred in supposing that the enrollments were taken in the native cities of the citizens. Barclay called attention to the existence of a document of the Roman government with instructions pertaining to this great periodical census and with the edict.It is necessary to compel all those, who for any cause whatsoever are residing outside their own districts to return to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:2

Luke 2:2. And this taxing, &c.— Dr. Lardner translates this verse, This was the first enrolment of Cyrenius, governor of Syria; which is also favoured by the Vulgate. Dr. Lardner supposes, that Cyrenius came, in the latter end of Herod's reign, to tax Judea by order of Augustus; and that it is called Cyrenius's first enrolment to distinguish it from that which he made after Archelaus was banished; and on the supposition of two enrolments made by Cyrenius, the distinction was proper, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:3

Luke 2:3. And all went to be taxed— When the census was made in any country under the dominion of the Romans, the inhabitants were obligedto attend in the cities to which they belonged. See Livy, lib. 42. 100: 10. The reason was, that without a precaution of this kind, the census would have been excessively tedious, and people who were abroad might have been omitted, or set down among the inhabitants of other cities, where they would not have been found afterwards; or they might have been... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:3

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