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→Chapter 2: executive order -> decree (see talk-page)
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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.
|And so it fell out in those days, that an executive order went out from Caeser Augustus, requiring that all the inhabited world should register regularly for a census.
|And so it fell out in those days, that a decree went out from Caeser Augustus, requiring that all the inhabited world should register regularly for a census.
|ἀπογράφεσθαι refers to a census. The capitation tax that was part of it was incidental to it. 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.
|ἀπογράφεσθαι refers to a census. The capitation tax that was part of it was incidental to it. 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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