Why Did Mary and Joseph Go to Bethlehem
9 Mary must have breath. The Roman Empire from time to time would conduct a census not merely to count people but also to find out what they owned. Pin On Christmas O Holy Night The month Joseph and Mary were married Caesar Augustus decreed that all inhabitants of the Roman Empire should be numbered that a census should be made which could be used for effecting better taxation. . It lay moreover near Jerusalem a Similarly why did Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem. Why did Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem. Before the birth of Jesus Christ. B Why did Joseph and Mary lodge where they did. As Jesus was born while Herod the Great was King of Judaea no Roman governor of Syria would have had the jurisdiction to organise a census and general taxation in Judaea at the time of Jesuss birth. So 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 Da
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