Luke 2:5
New International Version
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

New Living Translation
He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.

English Standard Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

Berean Standard Bible
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

Berean Literal Bible
to register with Mary the one being betrothed to him, she being with child.

King James Bible
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

New King James Version
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

New American Standard Bible
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.

NASB 1995
in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.

NASB 1977
in order to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.

Legacy Standard Bible
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.

Amplified Bible
in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.

Christian Standard Bible
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.

American Standard Version
to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
With Maryam his bride when she was pregnant, that he might be registered there.

Contemporary English Version
Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,

Douay-Rheims Bible
To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.

English Revised Version
to enroll himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

Good News Translation
He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant,

International Standard Version
He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

Literal Standard Version
to register himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with Child.

Majority Standard Bible
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

New American Bible
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

NET Bible
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

New Revised Standard Version
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.

New Heart English Bible
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him, being pregnant.

Webster's Bible Translation
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Weymouth New Testament
to have himself registered together with Mary, who was betrothed to him and was with child.

World English Bible
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.

Young's Literal Translation
to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

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Context
The Birth of Jesus
4So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.…

Cross References
Matthew 1:18
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Luke 2:1
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

Luke 2:3
And everyone went to his own town to register.

Luke 2:4
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

Luke 2:6
While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.


Treasury of Scripture

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Deuteronomy 22:22-27
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel…

Matthew 1:18,19
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost…

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Luke 2
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.














(5) To be taxed.--Literally, to register himself.

With Mary his espoused wife.--Many of the best MSS. omit the substantive: "with Mary who was betrothed to him." The choice of the participle seems intended to imply the fact on which St. Matthew lays stress (Matthew 1:25). She went up with him, not necessarily because she too had to be registered at Bethlehem, but because her state, as "being great with child," made her, in a special sense, dependent on Joseph's presence and protection.

Verse 5. - With Mary his espoused wife The older authorities here omit "wife." Translate, with Mary who was betrothed to him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[He went there] to register
ἀπογράψασθαι (apograpsasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 583: From apo and grapho; to write off, i.e. Enrol.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

Mary,
Μαριὰμ (Mariam)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3137: Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females.

who was
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

pledged to him in marriage
ἐμνηστευμένῃ (emnēsteumenē)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3423: To ask in marriage; pass: To be betrothed. From a derivative of mnaomai; to give a souvenir, i.e. Betroth.

[and] was expecting
οὔσῃ (ousē)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a child.
ἐγκύῳ (enkyō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1471: With child, pregnant. From en and the base of kuma; swelling inside, i.e. Pregnant.


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