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NASB | Luke 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from [the emperor] Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited world (the Roman Empire) should be registered [in a census]. |
Bible Question: Approximately how long would the census that Mary and Joseph were involved have taken? Would they have had to stay in Bethlehem for a long time because of it? |
Bible Answer: While the census taking was realtively short, they may have stayed in Bethlehem because of the stigma because Mary wasn't married when she got pregnant. |
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