KJV ORIGINAL
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
He went to register with Mary, who he was engaged to and who was very pregnant.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes life's biggest moments happen during the most inconvenient times.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Roman Empire under Caesar Augustus ordered a census to assess taxes and resources, requiring people to return to their ancestral hometowns for registration. Joseph, as a descendant of King David, traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem with his betrothed wife Mary, who was heavily pregnant, to comply with this decree. This journey is part of the biblical narrative leading to Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies.
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