To enrol himself with Mary (απογραψασθα συν Μαριαμ). Direct middle. "With Mary" is naturally taken with the infinitive as here. If…

To be taxed.—Literally, to register himself.

With Mary his espoused wife.—Many o…

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…

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife
Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along …

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…