Mary and Joseph have to go for the census in Joseph’s hometown, Bethlehem. There is no room for them there and the child is born in a stable. It’s fair to fit this all into the high anxiety zone.

It was the worst time for Mary. She was nine months pregnant, and she and Joseph had traveled 90 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem to register for the census. That was a rough journey of four days ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, a census forces every man and his family to return to his place of birth. Joseph and Mary set out on a long and arduous journey to Bethlehem. This story is based on the Biblical account ...

Jesus was born in Bethlehem because Joseph and Mary had travelled there to take part in a census which the Roman rulers had ordered. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was ...

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.

The Roman Emperor was in charge and he wanted to have a list, also called a Census of everyone who ... When they arrived in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph tried to find a place to stay, but because ...