Luke 2:2
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This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.

Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Luke 2:1
And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:3
And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.

Acts 5:37
After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.

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

taxing.

Acts 5:37 After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.

governor.

Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina:

Acts 13:7 Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He, sending for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

Acts 18:12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

Acts 23:26 Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:

Acts 26:30 And the king rose up, and the governor and Bernice and they that sat with them.

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1And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. 2This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. 3And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.…
Lexicon
This [was the]
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

first
πρώτη (prōtē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.

census
ἀπογραφὴ (apographē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 582: An enrollment, census-taking, record. From apographo; an enrollment; by implication, an assessment.

to take place [while]
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

Quirinius
Κυρηνίου (Kyrēniou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2958: Cyrenius or Quirinius, governor of Syria. Of Latin origin; Cyrenius, a Roman.

was governor
ἡγεμονεύοντος (hēgemoneuontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2230: To govern. From hegemon; to act as ruler.

of
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Syria.
Συρίας (Syrias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4947: Syria, a great Roman imperial province, united with Cilicia. Probably of Hebrew origin; Syria, a region of Asia.


Additional Translations
This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

This registration first took place when Quirinius was governing Syria.

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

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

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

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

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

It was the first registration made during the governorship of Quirinius in Syria;

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

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