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Selected Verse: Luke 2:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 2:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] Joseph [2501] also [2532] went up [305] from [575] Galilee [1056], out of [1537] the city [4172] of Nazareth [3478], into [1519] Judaea [2449], unto [1519] the city [4172] of David [1138], which [3748] is called [2564] Bethlehem [965]; (because [1223] he [846] was [1511] of [1537] the house [3624] and [2532] lineage [3965] of David [1138]:) |
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King James |
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Not only does Joseph, who was of the royal line, go to Bethlehem (Sa1 16:1), but Mary too--not from choice surely in her condition, but, probably, for personal enrollment, as herself an heiress. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The city of David - Bethlehem, called the city of David because it was the place of his birth. See the notes at Mat 2:1.
Because he was of the house - Of the family.
And lineage - The "lineage" denotes that he was descended from David as his father or ancestor. In taking a Jewish census, families were kept distinct; hence, all went to the "place" where their family had resided. Joseph was of the "family" of David, and hence he went up to the city of David. It is not improbable that he might also have had a small paternal estate in Bethlehem that rendered his presence there more desirable. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
House and lineage
According to the Jewish mode of registration the people would be enrolled by tribe, families or clans, and households. Compare Jos 7:16-18. Rev., house and family. |
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], How long wilt thou mourn [056] for Saul [07586], seeing I have rejected [03988] him from reigning [04427] over Israel [03478]? fill [04390] thine horn [07161] with oil [08081], and go [03212], I will send [07971] thee to Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022]: for I have provided [07200] me a king [04428] among his sons [01121].
1 Now [1161] when Jesus [2424] was born [1080] in [1722] Bethlehem [965] of Judaea [2449] in [1722] the days [2250] of Herod [2264] the king [935], behold [2400], there came [3854] wise men [3097] from [575] the east [395] to [1519] Jerusalem [2414],
16 So Joshua [03091] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and brought [07126] Israel [03478] by their tribes [07626]; and the tribe [07626] of Judah [03063] was taken [03920]:
17 And he brought [07126] the family [04940] of Judah [03063]; and he took [03920] the family [04940] of the Zarhites [02227]: and he brought [07126] the family [04940] of the Zarhites [02227] man [01397] by man [01397]; and Zabdi [02067] was taken [03920]:
18 And he brought [07126] his household [01004] man [01397] by man [01397]; and Achan [05912], the son [01121] of Carmi [03756], the son [01121] of Zabdi [02067], the son [01121] of Zerah [02226], of the tribe [04294] of Judah [03063], was taken [03920].