New Testament 7

    Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 2:1-7   The decree that goes out from Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1) isn’t precisely that all the world should be “taxed,” I think, but that it should be “registered” or “enrolled” (apographesthai, ἀπογράφεσθαι) for taxation.   And the same verse’s “all the world” (pasan ten oikoumenen, πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην) refers, of course, to [Read More...]