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Luke 1-8 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 01:45, October 30, 2009
, 01:45, October 30, 2009→Chapter 2: this was a capitation tax - proper understanding is that people were counted in person as they paid, like a census - per TerryH
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|And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
|And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
|At this time, Caeser Augustus sent out a decree that all the world should be taxed.
|At this time, Caeser Augustus sent out a decree that all the world should be counted in the census.
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|ἀπογράφεσθαι refers to a capitation tax here, more like a census than a pure tax as people were required to be counted as they paid it in person.
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|(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
|(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
|This was after the first taxing, made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
|This was after the first census, made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
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|And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
|And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
|And every man went to be taxed, each to the city of his birth.
|And every man went to be counted, each to the city of his birth.
|A word for word translation would be, "to his own city," but the city of one's birth is precisely what this means.
|A word for word translation would be, "to his own city," but the city of one's birth is precisely what this means.
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|To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
|To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
|to be taxed with his fiancée Mary, whose child was nearly ready for birth.
|to be counted with his fiancée Mary, whose child was nearly ready for birth.
|don't dilute reference to unborn child here
|don't dilute reference to unborn child here
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