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Luke 2:2

This was the first tax registration [of two] held when Quirinius was ­governing (a verb: to act as leader and administrator – Gk. hegemoneuo) over Syria.
[In Emperor Augustus’ own autobiography, the ’Res Gestae Divi Augusti’, which he had written down at the age of 76, three major censuses are mentioned in Chapter 8. The first took place in 28 BC, the second in 8 BC and the third began in 14 AD, the year of his death. Roman citizens were counted every five years, while each province had its own set intervals for the census. In Syria/Judea they took place every fourteen years. Our Western calendar was developed by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in Rome in 525 AD, before which time had been reckoned based on major events or different rulers. However, it turned out that he was wrong by a few years about Anno Domini, which means ’Year of the Lord’ in Latin. Today, most scholars believe that the birth of Jesus occurred sometime between 8 and 4 BC.]
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Nestle-Aland (NA)

αὕτη   ἀπογραφὴ   πρώτη   ἐγένετο   ἡγεμονεύοντος   τῆς   Συρίας   Κυρηνίου.  

Textus Receptus (TR)

αὕτη   ἡ   ἀπογραφὴ   πρώτη   ἐγένετο   ἡγεμονεύοντος   τῆς   Συρίας   Κυρηνίου.  

Manuscript comments

NA has 8 words, TR has 9 (+1).


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3778
 αὕτη (ayte)
 This
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
D-NSF
G0582
 ἀπογραφὴ (apographe)
 registration
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
N-NSF
G4413
 πρώτη (prote)
 first
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
A-NSF
G1096
 ἐγένετο (egeneto)
 took place
VERB Verb
2nd aorist deponent ind. second aorist middle-deponent indicative
sing. third person singular
V-2ADI-3S
G2230
 ἡγεμονεύοντος (egemoneyontos)
 when is governing
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
genitive sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
V-PAP-GSM
G3588
 τῆς (tes)
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
T-GSF
G4947
 Συρίας (Syrias)
 Syria
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
Location (location)
 N-GSF-L
G2958
 Κυρηνίου. (Kyrenioy.)
 Quirinius.
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
Person (Person)
 N-GSM-P

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