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Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
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God's Plan, Caesar's Decree
Commentators like Calvin and Spurgeon emphasize that Caesar Augustus, the most powerful ruler on earth, was an unwitting instrument in God's plan. His decree for a census was not random; it was the precise mechanism God used to move Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, fulfilling the ancient prophecy that the Messiah would be born there. This shows how God sovereignly works through world events to accomplish His purposes.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
LUKE
CHAPTER II.
In those days. About the time of the birth of John and of Christ.
A decree. A law commandin…
Decree from Caesar Augustus (δογμα παρα Καισαρος Αυγουστου). Old and common word from δοκεω, to think, form an opinion. No such de…
19th Century
Anglican
There went out a decree. The passage that follows has given rise to almost endless discussion. The main facts may be summed up as …
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Baptist
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 …
Luke clearly intends to secure the historical and chronological moorings of Jesus’ birth (approximately 4 B. C.). Ironically, it is precisely this …
16th Century
Protestant
Luke relates how it happened that Christ was born in the city of Bethlehem, as His mother was living at a distance from her home when she was appro…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass in those days When John the Baptist was born, and Christ was conceived, and his mother pregnant with …
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…
