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Luke 2:5 KJV
Luke · chapter 2 · verse 5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.Luke 2:5 · King James Version
Luke 2:5 in context
3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- espousedmnēsteuōto woo her and ask her in marriage, to be promised in marriage, be betrothedG3423 →
- taxedapographōto write off, copy , to enter in a register or records, spec. to enter in public records…G583 →
- MarymariaMary or Miriam = "their rebellion", Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, a women…G3137 →
- wifegynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law; and it was foretold that he should be born at Bethlehem. Now here we have an account of the time, place, and manner of it. I. The time when our Lord Jesus was born.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7