Luke 2:2
Luke 2:1-5 The Message (MSG)
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.
Luke 2:2 King James Version (KJV)
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luke 2:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:2 New Century Version (NCV)
This was the first registration; it was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:2 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
Luke 2:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
Luke 2:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Luke 2:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
(This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)