LUKE 2:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) (This census was conducted when Quirinius was the governor of Syria.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST This was the first time that the Romans recorded the names of everyone living in their empire. They did this during the time when Quirinius was the governor of the province of Syria.

BSB This was the first census to take place while [fn] Quirinius was governor of Syria.

2:2 Or This was the census before

BLB This registration first took place when Quirinius was governing Syria.

AICNT This was the {first registration}[fn] when Quirinius was governing Syria.

2:2, first registration: Other manuscripts read “registration first.” ℵ(01) D(05)

OEB (This was the first census taken while Quirinius was Governor of Syria).

2DT This was the first registration during Kurēnios’s [Quirinius’s] governing of Suria.

WEB This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

NET This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

LSV this census first came to pass when Quirinius was governor of Syria—

FBV This was the first census under governor Quirinius of Syria.

TCNT This was the first census, and it took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

T4T That was the first time that they ◄wrote down the names/took a census► in Syria province, which included Judea district. They did this while Quirinius was the governor of the province.

LEB (This first registration took place when[fn] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

?:? *Or perhaps “before”; here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was governor”)

BBE This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.

MOF No MOF LUKE book available

ASV This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

DRA This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.

YLT this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria —

DBY The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

RV This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

WBS (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

KJB (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
((And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) )

BB (And this first taxing was made, when Syrenius was liefetenaunt in Syria.)

GNV (This first taxing was made when Cyrenius was gouernour of Syria.)

CB And this taxynge was the first that was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria.
(And this taxynge was the first that was executed, when Syrenius was leftaunt in Siria.)

TNT And this taxynge was the fyrst and executed when Syrenius was leftenaut in Syria.
(And this taxynge was the first and executed when Syrenius was leftaut in Syria. )

WYC This firste discryuyng was maad of Cyryn, iustice of Sirie.
(This first discryuyng was made of Cyryn, iustice of Sirie.)

LUT Und diese Schätzung war die allererste und geschah zu der Zeit, da Cyrenius Landpfleger in Syrien war.
(And diese Schätzung was the allererste and geschah to the Zeit, there Cyrenius Landpfleger in Syrien was.)

CLV Hæc descriptio prima facta est a præside Syriæ Cyrino:[fn]
(This descriptio the_first facts it_is a præside Syriæ Cyrino:)

2.2 Prima. BEDA. Jam diversis temporibus, pleræque partes terrarum leguntur descriptæ, sed hæc est prima earum quæ totum orbem concluserunt, quæ professio est mentium, quia nullus excluditur. Vel certe tunc primum cœpit, quando Cyrinus a Cæsare in Syriam missus est, censor patrimoniorum futurus.

2.2 Prima. BEDA. Yam diversis temporibus, pleræque partes terrarum leguntur descriptæ, but this it_is the_first earum which totum orbem concluserunt, which professio it_is mentium, because nullus excluditur. Vel certe tunc primum cœpit, when Cyrinus a Cæsare in Syriam missus it_is, censor patrimoniorum futurus.

UGNT (αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου.)
((hautaʸ apografaʸ prōtaʸ egeneto haʸgemoneuontos taʸs Surias Kuraʸniou.))

SBL-GNT (⸀αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου·)
((⸀hautaʸ apografaʸ prōtaʸ egeneto haʸgemoneuontos taʸs Surias Kuraʸniou;) )

TC-GNT Αὕτη [fn]ἡ ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου.
(Hautaʸ haʸ apografaʸ prōtaʸ egeneto haʸgemoneuontos taʸs Surias Kuraʸniou.)

2:2 η ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Birth of Christ

The accounts of the birth of Jesus (Matt 1:18–2:12; Luke 2:1-20) are a study in contrasts. On the one side is the lowliness of the birth. A poor peasant couple makes their way to their ancestral home of Bethlehem to register for a census imposed on them by the oppressive Roman Empire. Their journey is a long and hard one from Galilee, and when they arrive they can find no place of lodging. They are consigned to a place reserved for animals. There is a sense of poverty, rejection, and obscurity. At the birth of the child, announcements are sent not to great kings or to the rich and powerful, but to lowly shepherds watching their flocks in a field.

Yet beside this humble lowliness is a message of unspeakable power and grandeur. The child who is laid in a manger is the Messiah, the long-awaited descendant of King David. He will reign triumphant over the people of Israel and his kingdom will never end. He is the one spoken about by all the prophets. All of history has been pointing forward to its climax in him. A group of wise men from the East come to pay homage to him. And an army of mighty angels comes from heaven to announce his birth.

These contrasts are a foretaste of things to come. In Jesus, the God of Israel and Lord of all the earth has come to visit and to save his people. The Divine One reaches down to meet them where they are. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus will show special concern for the lowly, the poor, the outcast, and sinners. These are the ones he has come to save because they recognize their need for him. They receive the message of salvation with joy and rejoicing.

The contrast between lowliness and exaltation also relates to Jesus’ mission. Though wicked people reject him and put him to death, Jesus is vindicated at his resurrection and exalted to the right hand of God, where he reigns as Lord and Messiah. From there he pours out the Spirit of God to guide and direct his church. Through his life, death, resurrection, and exaltation, Jesus provides forgiveness of sins and eternal life to all those who respond in faith to him.

Passages for Further Study

Matt 1:18–2:12; Luke 2:1-20

Parallel LUKE 2:2