Luke 2:3

3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

Luke 2:3 in Other Translations

3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.

3 All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.

3 Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for.

3 And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

3 All the people went to register in the cities where their ancestors had lived.

3 So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

3 All went to their own towns to be listed.

Luke 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:3

And all went to be taxed
Throughout Judea, Galilee, and Syria; men, women, and children;

every one into his own city;
where he was born, and had any estate, and to which he belonged.

Luke 2:3 In-Context

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.