This first registration took place while[a] Quirinius was governing Syria.(A) So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth(B) in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,(C) because he was of the house and family line of David,(D)

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  1. 2:2 Or This registration was the first while, or This registration was before

(A)This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to (B)the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (C)because he was of the house and lineage of David,

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