Caesar’s census is not about demographic numbers ... and the burden of indebtedness. Joseph and Mary make their way from Nazareth to Bethlehem as the empire and its economy demand. They find long-lost ...

At the time of the census Mary and Joseph journeyed to the home of Joseph of Arimathea near Bethlehem; as it happened he was travelling home from a business trip in Caesarea when he saw a blazing ...

describes how a decree from Caesar Augustus mandated a census, forcing families to return to their ancestral homes. For Mary ...

When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with people returning for the census. The innkeeper let them stay in the rock cave below his house which was used as a stable for ...

Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.