# Luke 2:4

> So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

— Luke 2:4, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem
- **Nazareth** (Galilee · today Nazareth) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/nazareth
- **Galilee 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galilee-1
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## Who appears

- **Jesus** (the Christ) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/jesus

## When

- 6-4 BC? (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Luke 2:1-2 dates itself by the census of Quirinius. Josephus (Antiquities XVIII.1) puts that census in AD 6; Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod, who died in 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Micah 5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/5/2
- John 7:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/42
- 1 Samuel 16:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/16/1
- Matthew 2:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/23
- Luke 1:26-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/26
- Ruth 4:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/4/17
- Luke 4:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/4/16
- Ruth 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ruth/2/4

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).