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Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-7

Luke 2:1-7 The Child and the Emperor. I. "It came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed." In the original meaning of these words, they express the fact that it is by the vast network, so to speak, of the Imperial Government at Rome, reaching to every corner of the Empire, that the humble family at Nazareth were drawn from their home in the Galilean hills to the birthplace, or city, of David at Bethlehem. But there are a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, and unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, who at this point was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued for a general taxation according to men’s property. This emperor, after the battle of Actium, became so popular, that the senate invited him to take the reins of government into his hands, which laid, properly speaking, the foundation of the imperial monarchy of Rome. Augustus, as a man of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:1-7

Luke 2:1-7A decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxedThere is no grand reason, you see, given why Mary and Joseph should go to Judaea.The angel who is said to have announced the coming birth does not appear again to tell them that they must travel, since otherwise the Son of David will not be connected with His ancestral dwelling-place. They go because every one else is going. A decree of the Caesar obliges the man to register himself in the village, whatever it is, to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:4

Luke 2:4Which is called BethlehemDescription of BethlehemThe town is picturesque in the highest degree.Its fortified walls have long vanished, but its position on a long, narrow ridge, has confined it to the limits of three thousand years ago, and its houses, very probably, are just the same in appearance as those of the time of David, or even earlier. In fact, we have before us an old Jewish city such as men inhabited in the Bible ages. But its picturesqueness is the best of it, for the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:4

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) Ver. 4. And Joseph also went up ] By a special providence of God, as is above noted, Luke 2:1 , and not only so, but that the holy virgin might still have with her the keeper and cover of her virginity; that the devil might not have occasion to raise up false reports about her great belly. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 2:4

Joseph: Luke 1:26, Luke 1:27, Luke 3:23 of the city: Luke 4:16, Matthew 2:23, John 1:46 unto: Genesis 35:19, Genesis 48:7, Ruth 1:19, Ruth 2:4, Ruth 4:11, Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:21, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:4, 1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Samuel 17:58, 1 Samuel 20:6, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-Joshua :, John 7:42 he was: Luke 1:27, Luke 3:23-Obadiah :, Matthew 1:1-Esther : Reciprocal: Genesis 23:10 - his 1 Kings 11:39 - not for ever Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Matthew 1:20 - Joseph Luke 2:11 - in Luke... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:4

4. Went up Bethlehem was indeed high ground; but anciently any going to a capital or superior place was a going up. House and lineage The house included the entire body of ancestors and descendants. The lineage was a direct line of descent. read more