1. At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire.
2. When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria.
3. Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own town.
4. Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David.
36-37. There was a very old prophet, a widow named Anna, daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for only seven years and was now 84 years old. She never left the Temple; day and night she worshipped God, fasting and praying.