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Luke 2:1-2

The Birth of Jesus

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

2 (This was the first census that took place while^[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

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Cross References 3

1. Matthew 22:17; Luke 3:1
2. S Matthew 24:14
3. Matthew 4:24; Acts 15:23,41; Acts 21:3; Galatians 1:21

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "This census took place before"

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