Luke 2:3
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And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.

Context
The Birth of Jesus
2This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. 3And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. 4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and family of David.…
Cross References
Luke 2:1
And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:2
This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.

Luke 2:4
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and family of David.

Luke 2:5
To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.

Lexicon
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

everyone
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

went
ἐπορεύοντο (eporeuonto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4198: To travel, journey, go, die.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

his own
ἑαυτοῦ (heautou)
Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

town
πόλιν (polin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

to register.
ἀπογράφεσθαι (apographesthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's Greek 583: From apo and grapho; to write off, i.e. Enrol.


Additional Translations
And everyone went to his own town to register.

And all were going to be registered, each to his own city.

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

And all went to enroll themselves, every one to his own city.

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

and all went to be registered--every one to the town to which he belonged.

All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.

and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
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