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What had Caesar ordered to be taken that required Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem for jesus' birth?
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According to Luke's Gospel, Augustus Caesar had ordered a census of all the Roman Empire, for the taxation of its people. If there was such an empire-wide census during the time of Augustus, historians would expect to find mention of it from various sources throughout the empire, but there is nothing known. The author of Matthew's Gospel apparently knew nothing of the census, and the Jewish historian, Josephus, says that the census conducted in the year 6 CE under the Syrian governor Quirinius, was the first Roman census in the eastern Mediterranean area. This census was taken more than ten years after the death of King Herod.
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∙ 14y agoIt was not Ceasar but Augustus who passed a decree that people should go to their home town to to be registered.
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What day did Mary and Joseph come to Bethlehem?
To be taxed according to the commandment of Caesar Augustus, (Luke 2.1-5)
Who was responsible for making Mary and Joseph take Jesus to Nazareth rather than Bethlehem?
In Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph were returning with Jesus from Egypt to their hometown of Bethlehem, when God warned Joseph in a dream to turn aside and travel to Nazareth instead. The reason for the warning was that one of Herod's sons had become king of Judea, including Bethlehem. Another son was king of Galilee, which included Nazareth, but for some reason Matthew did not see this as an issue. So, to Matthew, it was God who was responsible for the family making this fortunate move.
Why did Mary and Joseph need to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem?
Luke 2:1-7 tells the story of the Birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Bethlehem was known as the City of David because it was the hometown of King David, Joseph's ancestor. Because Caesar Augustus had demanded a census, all men had to take their families to register in their ancestral cities (this was simply how they organized the information). While they were registering in the census at Bethlehem, Jesus was born in the city of his ancestor David, whose reign as king Jesus would fulfill.
Why did Mary and Joseph travel alone to Bethlehem?
Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem , as it was told to go to their respective hometowns for the census.
Why did Mary move to Bethlehem?
She traveled there with her husband Joseph, whose family was from Bethlehem.
What role did the Caesar Augustus play in the Birth of Christ?
Caesar Octavian/Augustus ruled at the time of Jesus Christ of Nazareth's birth. Octavian's stepson was Tiberius Caesar, whom ruled at Jesus' death. Jesus was executed under the Authority of Pontius Pilate, Roman Governor of Judea. Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. (Luke 2:1) This census, although abhorrent to the Jews, forced Joseph to leave Nazareth and take Mary to Bethlehem (House of Bread).
Where was Mary's husband from?
Joseph's ancestral home was Bethlehem. However, at the time he took Mary as his wife he was living in Nazareth.
Where did Joseph and Mary enroll for the cendsus?
Bethlehem
Where were Mary and Joseph traveling to when Jesus was born?
We have no reliable records of where Mary and Joseph were born, but can reasonably assume that they were probably born in the town where they continued to live in later life. This was either Bethlehem or Nazareth. According to the Gospel According to St Matthew, the home town of Mary and Joseph appears to have been Bethlehem, near Jerusalem in Judea. But, Luke's Gospel says that their home town was Nazareth in Galilee.
Did Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem because they had to deport?
No. They went because Casear ordered a CENSUS of all the people. A CENSUS is when the people are counted. Men had to take their wives and children, if they had them, to the city of their birth.
Who led Maria and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem?
Mary and Joseph were obliged to go to Bethlehem for the census by the Roman authorities. In a sense you could also say God led them, since it was ordained that Christ would be born in Bethlehem.
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