Luke Chapter 2 verse 3 Holy Bible
And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
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And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
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And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
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All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
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and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) All went to be taxed.--As a rule the practice in a Roman census was to register people in their place of residence; but this was probably modified in Palestine, in deference to the feelings of the people. After the death of Herod and the division of his kingdom, such a method as that implied hero could hardly have been feasible, as the subjects of one tetrarchy would not have been registered as belonging to another, so that here again we have not an error, but a special note of accuracy.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekAndκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. everyoneπάντες (pantes)Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.wentἐπορεύοντο (eporeuonto)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 4198: To travel, journey, go, die. toεἰς (eis)PrepositionStrong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.his ownἑαυτοῦ (heautou)Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself. townπόλιν (polin)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 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 PassiveStrong's 583: From apo and grapho; to write off, i.e. Enrol.Jump to PreviousBelonged Census City Enrol Enroll Enrolled Inscribed Numbered Proper Register Registered Roll Taxed Themselves Way