Survey/Census

Luke 2

1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his own town to register.

4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

It was time for Mary to give birth. Joseph and Mary could not find any room. All they could find was a manger. Baby Jesus was born in a manger.

During the time of Caesar Augustus, survey was taken of all the people. Everyone needs to register. Nowadays, when a baby is born, the hospital registers the baby and the details are sent to the city and the country where the baby is born. Same way, they started registering everyone when Jesus was born. This is another indication that we have facts about Jesus birth and everything happened as per the prophet’s books. Jesus was not a character who was created out of no where.