Teks -- Luke 2:5 (NET)

2:5 He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Luk 2:5 - To enrol himself with Mary

To enrol himself with Mary ( apograpsasthai sun Mariam ).

Direct middle. "With Mary"is naturally taken with the infinitive as here. If so, that means that Mary’ s family register was in Bethlehem also and that she also belonged to the house of David. It is possible to connect "with Mary"far back with "went up"(anebē ) in Luk 2:4, but it is unnatural to do so. There is no real reason for doubting that Mary herself was a descendant of David and that is the obvious way to understand Luke’ s genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:23-38). The Syriac Sinaitic expressly says that both Joseph and Mary were of the house and city of David. Betrothed (emnēsteumenēn ). Same verb as in Luk 1:27, but here it really means "married"or "espoused"as Mat 1:24. shows. Otherwise she could not have travelled with Joseph.

Robertson: Luk 2:5 - Great with child

Great with child ( enkuōi ).

Only here in N.T. Common Greek word.

Vincent: Luk 2:5 - To be taxed with Mary

To be taxed with Mary

We may read either, went up with Mary, denoting merely the fact of her accompanying him; or, to enrol himself with Mary, implying that both their names must be registered.

Vincent: Luk 2:5 - Espoused

Espoused

Not merely betrothed. See Mat 1:20, Mat 1:24, Mat 1:25; also see on Mat 1:18.

Vincent: Luk 2:5 - Great with child

Great with child ( ἐγκύῳ )

See on Luk 1:24. Only here in New Testament.

JFB: Luk 2:4-5 - Not only does Joseph, who was of the royal line, go to Bethlehem (1Sa 16:1), but Mary too

Not from choice surely in her condition, but, probably, for personal enrollment, as herself an heiress.

JFB: Luk 2:5 - espoused wife

Now, without doubt, taken home to him, as related in Mat 1:18; Mat 25:6.

Clarke: Luk 2:5 - With Mary his espoused wife

With Mary his espoused wife - There was no necessity for Mary to have gone to Bethlehem, as Joseph’ s presence could have answered the end proposed in the census as well without Mary as with her; but God so ordered it, that the prophecy of Micah should be thus fulfilled, and that Jesus should be born in the city of David; Mic 5:2.

Defender: Luk 2:5 - espoused wife

The marriage was not yet physically consummated, but the "espousal" itself was a binding contract that only could be broken by formal divorce. Joseph, as well as Mary, was willing to endure the scorn of family and friends over the seeming premarital relations between himself and his fiancee resulting in her pregnancy. He was a "just man" (morally righteous, as well as considerate of others), and the message of the angel had assured him that Mary's child was "of the Holy Ghost" (Mat 1:19, Mat 1:20). Consequently, he had entered gladly into the espousal contract, even though he knew he could not actually consummate the marriage until after Jesus was born (Mat 1:25)."

TSK: Luk 2:5

Deu 22:22-27; Mat 1:18, Mat 1:19

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Luk 2:4-6 - accomplished

Ver. 4-6. This was the occasion of Joseph’ s coming to Bethlehem, who either for fear of Herod, or for the convenience of his trade, (though he belonged to the tribe of Judah), was removed into Galilee; but he yieldeth obedience to the civil magistrates, and cometh to be enrolled in the court books belonging to the Roman empire, to which by this action he acknowledgeth himself a subject; he also by this act publicly declared both himself and Mary his wife to have been of the tribe of Judah, and of the family of David. We are told it was the custom of the Romans to enrol both women and children; however, Mary’ s personal attendance upon this homage might have been excused by her being great with child, had not the counsel of God so ordered it, that Christ should be born there; this doubtless carried Mary along with Joseph, he having now (according to the angel’ s direction, Mat 1:20,24 ), took her unto him as his wife. While they were there, Mary’ s time of childbearing was

accomplished: we have the like phrase Gen 25:24 .

Gill: Luk 2:5 - To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife // being great with child;

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along with him to be taxed and enrolled also, because she was of the same family of David, and belonged to the same city:

being great with child; very near her time, and yet, though in such circumstances, was obliged by this edict, to come to Bethlehem; and the providence in it was, that she might give birth there, and so the prophecy in Mic 5:2 have its accomplishment: this was an instance, and an example, of obedience to civil magistrates.