Luke 2:1-17

The text before us references a decree made by Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Cyrenius was governor of Syria when this taxing took place. The Holy Spirit moved Luke to write what he wrote such that we might believe with confidence that Jesus is the promised Messiah (Lk. 1:4).
At the time in which Luke wrote, there would have been many who, like Joseph and Mary, undertook long journeys…