E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:4
went up : literally true, the ascent from Nazareth to Jerusalem being at least 1,500 feet. from = away from. Greek. apo. App-104 . out of Greek ek. App-104 . Nazareth. Aramaean. See note on Luke 1:26 . = Branch = Town, where He, Jehovah's "Branch "(Zechariah 3:8 ; Zechariah 6:12 ), wasbrought up (Luke 4:16 ). unto . Greek. eis. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 2:2 , Luke 2:15 -, Luke 2:20 , Luke 2:48 , Luke 2:49 . the city of David. 1 Samuel 20:6 . Zion also so called,... read more
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