KJV King James Version
And 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:)
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Luke 2:4
And 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:)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
WEB World English Bible
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
ASV American Standard Version
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,
Surrounding context — 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.
2 ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And 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:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And 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.
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ἀνέβηG305 · anabainōto ascendδὲG1161 · dethenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἸωσὴφG2501 · IōsēphJosephἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoΓαλιλαίαςG1056 · GalilaiaGalileeἐκG1537 · ekout fromπόλεωςG4172 · poliscityΝαζαρὲθG3478 · Nazareth, NazaraNazarethεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίανG2449 · IoudaiaJudeaεἰςG1519 · eistowardπόλινG4172 · poliscityΔαυὶδG1138 · Daueid, Dauid, DabidDavidἥτιςG3748 · hostis, hētiswho/whichκαλεῖταιG2564 · kaleōto call: callΒηθλέεμ,G965 · BēthleemBethlehemδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἶναιG1511 · einaito existαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἐξG1537 · ekout fromοἴκουG3624 · oikoshouse: homeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπατριᾶςG3965 · patriafamily lineΔαυίδ,G1138 · Daueid, Dauid, DabidDavid
Cross-references
Micah 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.John 7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?1 Samuel 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.Ruth 4:17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.Luke 1:26-27And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,Matthew 1:1-17The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.1 Samuel 20:6If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.Ruth 2:4And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Luke 3:23-31And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli,1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?Matthew 2:1-6Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, [I am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.1 Samuel 17:12Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.Genesis 48:7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet [there was] but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same [is] Bethlehem.Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
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