Compare Translations for Luke 2:2

2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.
2 This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria.
2 This first enrollment occurred when Quirinius governed Syria.
2 This registration, the first of its kind, took place when Quirinius was governing in Syria.
2 The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.
2 When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria.
2 When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria.
2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Aram.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 (This first registration took place [when] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
2 This was the first registration; it was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 It was the first time a list was made of the people while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.
2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin'i-us was governor of Syria.
2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin'i-us was governor of Syria.
2 αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου ·)
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 And this taxynge was ye fyrst and executed when Syrenius was leftenaut in Syria.
2 haec descriptio prima facta est praeside Syriae Cyrino
2 haec descriptio prima facta est praeside Syriae Cyrino
2 ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
2 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
2 It was the first registration made during the governorship of Quirinius in Syria;
2 This first describing was made of Cyrenius, justice of Syria [justice, or keeper, of Syria].
2 this enrollment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria --

Luke 2:2 Commentaries