Lucas 2:5

5 Para ser empadronado con María su mujer, desposada con él, la cual estaba encinta

Lucas 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:5

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 ( Micah 5:2 ) have its accomplishment: this was an instance, and an example, of obedience to civil magistrates.

Lucas 2:5 In-Context

3 E iban todos para ser empadronados, cada uno a su ciudad

4 Y subió José de Galilea, de la ciudad de Nazaret, a Judea, a la ciudad de David, que se llama Belén, por cuanto era de la casa y familia de David

5 Para ser empadronado con María su mujer, desposada con él, la cual estaba encinta

6 Y aconteció que estando ellos allí, se cumplieron los días de su alumbramiento

7 Y dio a luz a su hijo primogénito, y le envolvió en pañales, y le acostó en un pesebre, porque no había lugar para ellos en el mesón