Luke 2:2

Greek	αὕτηplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἀπογραφὴ ἐγένετοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 πρώτη ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Συρίας Κυρηνίου.
ESV	This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
NIV	(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
NLT	(This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
KJV	And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

^{Luke 2:1 ← Luke 2:2 → Luke 2:3}