The city of David. Bethlehem, called the city of David because it was the place of his birth (See Barnes on Matthew 2:2).

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Unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.—St. Luke's way of speaking of the town agrees with that in John 7:42. …

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 this taxing was …

The Venerable Bede: The Son of God was about to be born in the flesh. Just as His birth from a virgin showed that the grace of …

Luke does not say how long in advance of Jesus’ birth Joseph left for Bethlehem nor why he took Mary with him. It is possible that he used the empe…

And Joseph also went up from Galilee
Where he now lived, and worked at the trade of a carpenter; having for some rea…

The fullness of time had now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law. The circumstances of his bi…