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Luke 2:1

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

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Ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἐκείναιςekeinaisthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ἐξῆλθενexēlthenthat there went outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that there went out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.that there went outδόγμαdogmaa decreeδόγμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “a decree”, the subject formG1378a decree, edict, ordinance.This verse uses “a decree”.a decreeπαρὰparafromπαράpreposition — “from”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.fromΚαίσαροςkaisarosCaesarΚαῖσαρ (kaisar)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Caesar”, the of-formG2541Caesar, a surname of the gens Iulia, which became practically synonymous with the Emperor for the time being; in the Gospels it always refers to Tiberias.CaesarΑὐγούστουaugoustouAugustusΑὐγοῦστος (augoustos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Augustus”, the of-formG828Augustus, a title conferred on the first Roman Emperor, C. Iulius Octauianus, denoting sanctity (almost divinity).Augustusἀπογράφεσθαιapographesthaito should be taxedἀπογράφω (apographō)verb, present middle infinitive — “to should be taxed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG583I enroll, inscribe in a register; mid: I give my name for registration (or census-taking).should be taxedπᾶσανpasanallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnworldοἰκουμένη (oikoumenē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “world”, the object formG3625(properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled —

World English Bible

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

Darby Translation

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled.

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