This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. ... This registration first took place when Quirinius was governing Syria. ... (And ...

As commonly translated into English, this verse indicates Mary and Joseph are participating in the "first registration" under that ruler.

Luke 2:2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)... Read verse in New International Version.

This was the first census that took place while [a] Quirinius was governor of Syria. (A) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

Luke writes, “Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken ...

(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) NIV: New International Version.

CHAPTER 2 The Birth of Jesus. 1* In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus* that the whole world should be enrolled.

Luke 2:2 — New International Reader's Version (1998) (NIrV). 2 It was the first time a list was made of the people while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

The born Savior of the world arrived not in a palace, but in a stable, which symbolizes His identification with the marginalized and the humble.