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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Luke 2:2 Catholic Bible: When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/luke/2-2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/luke/2-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/luke/2-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/luke/1.htm">Luke</a> > <a href="/gntd/luke/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/2-1.htm" title="Luke 2:1">◄</a> Luke 2:2 <a href="../luke/2-3.htm" title="Luke 2:3">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/luke/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/luke/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/luke/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />These first records were made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/luke/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.</p><p class="hdg">taxing.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/5-37.htm">Acts 5:37</a> After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.</p><p class="hdg">governor.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/3-1.htm">Luke 3:1</a> Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/13-7.htm">Acts 13:7</a> Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He, sending for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/18-12.htm">Acts 18:12</a> But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/23-26.htm">Acts 23:26</a> Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor, Felix, greeting:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/26-30.htm">Acts 26:30</a> And the king rose up, and the governor and Bernice and they that sat with them.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/luke/2.htm">The Birth of Jesus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl">This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.</span> <span class="reftext">3</span>And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/4-24.htm">Matthew 4:24</a></span><br />And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/2-1.htm">Luke 2:1</a></span><br />And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/2-3.htm">Luke 2:3</a></span><br />And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/5-37.htm">Acts 5:37</a></span><br />After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/2-1.htm">Census</a> <a href="/ezra/8-1.htm">Enrollment</a> <a href="/luke/1-3.htm">First</a> <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Governor</a> <a href="/mark/4-29.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/mark/5-13.htm">Numbering</a> <a href="/luke/2-1.htm">Registration</a> <a href="/mark/5-38.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/matthew/4-24.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Taxing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/2-3.htm">Census</a> <a href="/acts/5-37.htm">Enrollment</a> <a href="/luke/2-7.htm">First</a> <a href="/luke/3-1.htm">Governor</a> <a href="/luke/5-37.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/john/6-10.htm">Numbering</a> <a href="/numbers/1-24.htm">Registration</a> <a href="/luke/8-41.htm">Ruler</a> <a href="/acts/15-23.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/acts/5-37.htm">Taxing</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/luke/2-2.htm">Luke 2:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: This census first governor of place Quirinius Syria Syria taken that the This took was while<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/2-2.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 2:2 This was the first enrollment made when (Luke Lu Lk) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/2-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 2:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 2:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/2-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 2:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 2:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>