# Luke 2:7

> And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

— Luke 2:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## 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

- Galatians 4:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/4/4
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/8/9
- Isaiah 53:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/53/2
- John 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/1/14
- Matthew 1:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/1/25
- Luke 2:11-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/11
- Matthew 8:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/8/20
- Isaiah 7:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/7/14

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).