Luke 2:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

It fortuned at the same tyme, that there wete out a comaundement fro Augustus the Emperoure, that the whole worlde shulde be taxed.

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  • Luke 3:1 : 1 In the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of Tiberius the Emperoure, wha Pontius Pilate was leftenaut in Iewry and Herode one of the foure princes in Galile, and his brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in Iturea, & in the coastes of Traconites, and Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene,
  • Matt 24:14 : 14 And this gospell of the kyngdome shalbe preached in all the worlde for a wytnes vnto all people, and then shal the ende come.
  • Mark 14:9 : 9 Verely I saye vnto you: Where so euer this gospell shalbe preached in all the worlde, there shal this also that she hath now done, be tolde for a remembraunce of her.
  • Mark 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Go ye youre waye in to all the worlde, and preach the gospell vnto all creatures.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them (whose name was Agabus) stode vp, and declared by the sprete a greate derth, that shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the earth: which came to passe vnder the Emperoure Claudius.
  • Acts 25:11 : 11 Yf I haue hurte eny man, or committed eny thinge worthy off death, I refuse not to dye. But yf there are no soch thinges as they accuse me off, then maye no man delyuer me vnto them. I appeale vnto the Emperoure.
  • Acts 25:21 : 21 But wha Paul had appealed, that he might be kepte vnto the knowlege of the Emperoure, I comaunded him to be kepte, tyll I mighte sende him to the Emperoure.
  • Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all, that youre faith is spoken of thorow out all the worlde.
  • Phil 4:22 : 22 All the sayntes salute you, but specially they that are of the Emperours house.

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  • Luke 2:2-8
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    88%

    2And this taxynge was the first that was executed, whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria.

    3And they wente all, euery one to his owne cite to be taxed.

    4Then Ioseph gat him vp also fro Galile, out of the cite of Nazareth, in to Iewry, to ye cite of Dauid, which is called Bethleem, (because he was of ye house and lynage of Dauid)

    5that he might be taxed wt Mary his spoused wife, which was wt childe.

    6And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.

    7And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

    8And there were in ye same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge their flocke by night.

  • Luke 3:1-2
    2 verses
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    1In the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of Tiberius the Emperoure, wha Pontius Pilate was leftenaut in Iewry and Herode one of the foure princes in Galile, and his brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in Iturea, & in the coastes of Traconites, and Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene,

    2when Hannas and Caiphas were hye prestes, the came ye worde of God vnto Ihon the sonne of Zachary in the wyldernes.

  • Matt 2:1-9
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    1When Iesus was borne at Bethlee in Iury, in the tyme of Herode the kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusale,

    2saynge: Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues? We haue sene his starre in the east, and are come to worship him.

    3When Herode ye kynge had herde thys, he was troubled, & all Ierusale with hym,

    4and he gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of ye people, & axed of them, where Christ shulde be borne.

    5And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet:

    6And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda. For out of ye shall come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel.

    7Then Herod preuely called the wyse men, and dyligently enquyred of them, what tyme the starre appered,

    8and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

    9When they had heard the kynge, they departed: and lo, the starre which they sawe in the east, went before them, tyll it came, and stode ouer the place where the chylde was.

  • Matt 1:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22All this was done, yt the thinge might, be fulfilled, which was spoken of the LORDE by the Prophet, saynge:

    23Beholde, a mayde shall be with chylde, and shall brynge forth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emanuel, which is by interpretacion, God wt vs.

  • Luke 1:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26And in the sixte moneth was the angell Gabriel sent from God in to a cite of Galile, called Nazareth,

    27vnto a virgin that was spoused vnto a man, whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Mary.

  • Matt 1:18
    67%

    18The byrth of Christ was on thys wyse: When his mother Mary was maried to Ioseph before they came together, she was foude with chylde by ye holy goost,

  • Luke 2:10-18
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    67%

    10And the angell sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. Beholde, I brynge you tydiges of greate ioye, which shall happen vnto all people:

    11for vnto you this daye is borne ye Sauioure, eue Christ ye LORDE, in the cite of Dauid.

    12And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger.

    13And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde:

    14Glory be vnto God an hye, & peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll.

    15And it fortuned wha the angels were gone from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which ye LORDE hath shewed vnto vs.

    16And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.

    17And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe.

    18And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.

  • Mark 1:9
    67%

    9And it happened at the same tyme, that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth, and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan.

  • Mark 12:16-17
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    16And they brought it him. Then sayde he: Whose ymage and superscripcion is this? They sayde vnto him: The Emperours.

    17Then answered Iesus and sayde vnto the: Geue therfore vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours, and vnto God that which is Gods. And they marueled at him.

  • Mark 1:1-2
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    1This is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God,

    2as it is wrytte in the prophetes. Beholde, I sende my messauger before thy face, which shal prepare thy waye before the.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE, thy returned i to Galile, to their owne cite Nazareth.

  • Matt 22:21
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    21They sayde vnto him: The Emperours. Then sayde he vnto them: Geue therfore vnto the Emperour, that which is the Emperours: and geue vnto God, that which is Gods.

  • Luke 1:8
    66%

    8And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came

  • Matt 4:14
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    14yt the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet, sayinge:

  • Luke 1:5
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    5In the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry, there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia: and his wife of the doughters of Aaron, & hir name Elizabeth.

  • Luke 1:32
    65%

    32he shalbe greate, & shalbe called ye sonne of the Hyest. And the LORDE God shal geue him ye seate of Dauid his father,

  • Matt 2:22-23
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    65%

    22But whe he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury, in ye rowme of his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thither. Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned asyde into the parties of Galile,

    23and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth, to fulfill yt which was spoken by the Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite.

  • Luke 2:20
    65%

    20And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.

  • Acts 11:28
    65%

    28And one of them (whose name was Agabus) stode vp, and declared by the sprete a greate derth, that shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the earth: which came to passe vnder the Emperoure Claudius.

  • Acts 1:1
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    1The first treatise (deare Theophilus) haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache,

  • Luke 20:25
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    25Then sayde he vnto them: Geue the vnto the Emperoure, that which is the Emperours: & vnto God, that which is Gods.

  • Matt 8:5
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    5When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Captayne, & besought hym,