to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
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to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
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to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde.
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To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.
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- Matthew 1:18-19 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
- Deuteronomy 22:22-27 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel. If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you. But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die; but to the lady you shall do nothing. There is in the lady no sin worthy of death; for as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,…
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Ver. 5. Being great with child] Yet could not be excused. This was a cruelty in Augustus (not to spare great-bellied women), but a mercy of God to mankind; for what the better had it been for us, if Joseph had gone to Bethlehem, and not Mary also?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom…
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along with him to be taxed and enrolled also, because she was of the same family of David, and belonged to the same city:
being great with child; very near her time, and yet, though in such circumstances, was obliged by this edict, to come to Bethlehem; and the providence in it was, that she might give birth there, and so the prophecy in Mic 5:2 have its accomplishment: this was an instance, and an example, of obedience to civil magistrates.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. With Mary his espoused wife] There was…
Verse 5. With Mary his espoused wife] There was no necessity for Mary to have gone to Bethlehem, as Joseph's presence could have answered the end proposed in the census as well without Mary as with her; but God so ordered it, that the prophecy of Micah should be thus fulfilled, and that Jesus should be born in the city of David; Mic 5:2.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain espoused wife--now, without doubt, taken home to him, as…
espoused wife--now, without doubt, taken home to him, as related in Mat 1:18; Mat 25:6.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. to be taxed] Rather, to enrol himself.
5. to be taxed] Rather, to enrol himself.
with Mary] It is uncertain whether her presence was obligatory (Dion. Hal. iv. 5; Lact. De Mort. Persec. 23) or voluntary; but it is obvious that at so trying a time, and after what she had suffered (Mat_1:19), she would cling to the presence and protection of her husband. Nor is it wholly impossible that she saw in the providential circumstances a fulfilment of prophecy.
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his espoused wife] Or, who was betrothed to him; ‘wife’ is omitted in B, D, L.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) To be taxed.—Literally, to register himself.
(5) To be taxed.—Literally, to register himself.
With Mary his espoused wife.—Many of the best MSS. omit the substantive: “with Mary who was betrothed to him.” The choice of the participle seems intended to imply the fact on which St. Matthew lays stress (Mat_1:25). She went up with him, not necessarily because she too had to be registered at Bethlehem, but because her state, as “being great with child,” made her, in a special sense, dependent on Joseph’s presence and protection.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain With Mary his espoused wife The older authorities here…
With Mary his espoused wife The older authorities here omit "wife." Translate, with Mary who was betrothed to him.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 5. To enrol himself with Mary. Women had to…
5. To enrol himself with Mary. Women had to be enrolled also and were subject to the poll tax. Mary was of the line of David, and hence would also have to go to Bethlehem.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:5 Mary, to whom he was engaged: See study…
2:5 Mary, to whom he was engaged: See study note on 1:27.
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