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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 counted in the census.

|In those days, an executive order went out from Caeser Augustus, requiring that all the inhabited world should be counted in regular censuses.

|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.

|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. Furthermore, this is a present infinitive, indicating not a one-off event but a regular schedule, equivalent to the provision in the [[United States Constitution]] for a regular census.

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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 census, made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

|The census [of Judea] was first made while Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was in command in 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 counted, each to the city of his birth.

|And every man would go 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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|And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

|And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

|And so it was that she came to term while they were there, and entered labor.

|And so it fell out that she came to term while they were there, and entered labor.

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