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The Birth of Jesus

Luke 2:3

In 9 translations

BSB
And everyone went to his own town to register.
KJV
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
WEB
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
ASV
And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
LSV
and all were going to be registered, each to his proper city,
YLT
and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,
DBY
And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:
DRC
And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.
GNV
Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἑαυτοῦ (“their own”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἰδίαν (“private”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἑαυτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἑαυτοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἰδίαν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐπορεύοντο πάντες ἀπογράφεσθαι, ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν.
RP2018
Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο πάντες ἀπογράφεσθαι, ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο πάντες ἀπογράφεσθαι, ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.
SCR1894
και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την ιδιαν πολιν

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