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What event brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem?
a census
Why did Joseph and Mary go to the city?
Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census so they could be taxed.
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.
Where Joseph and Mary went to register for census?
Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem to register because Joseph traced his lineage back to people from that city.
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.
What did Mary and Joseph have to do to obey the order for a census?
Mary and Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to be counted in the census ordered by the Roman Emperor. This journey was approximately 90 miles and they likely traveled by foot or on a donkey.
When is the time for counting all the people?
Are you referring to the census that luke mentions as the reason for why Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem? We have no historical record of such a census.
Where was Mary's husband Joseph born?
We do not know anything about Joseph or where he was born, but we can make an educated guess. People tended to live in the town in which they were born. In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem seems to be the home town of Mary and Joseph, so Joseph was probably born in Bethlehem. In Luke's Gospel, Nazareth was the home town of Mary and Joseph, so Joseph was probably born in Nazareth.
Why were Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem?
because there was a census that was being done and every man had to go to their own hometown.
Did Mary and Joseph live in Jerusalem?
Bethlehem was where Jesus was born. Mary and Joseph traveled there to take part in a nationwide census. Shortly after Jesus was born, the family traveled back home to Nazareth.
What scripture tells where Mary and Joseph were from?
Matthew's Gospel indicates that Mary and Joseph were from Bethlehem in Judea. While returning from Egypt, they were warned in a dream to turn aside and go to Nazareth in Galilee, instead. Luke's Gospel says that Mary and Joseph were from Nazareth in Galilee. They travelled to Bethlehem for a census, then returned to Nazareth.
Why did Mary and Joseph travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem so close to her giving birth to Jesus?
The story is that Joseph had to return there for a census. exact details are inconsistent between the accounts given.
