Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:1
§ 8. JESUS’S BIRTH, Luke 2:1-7 . 1. In those days The evangelist having detailed the fact of the birth of Messiah’s forerunner gives now a narrative of the manifestation of Messiah himself. He furnishes a circle of facts obtained by him, perhaps from James, the son of Mary and Joseph, or even from the blessed mother herself, omitted by all the other evangelists. Cesar Augustus Under the power and genius of the celebrated Julius Cesar the Roman republic fell, and the imperial government... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 2:1
That all the world should be enrolled - That all the inhabitants, male and female, of every town in the Roman empire, with their families and estates, should be registered. read more