Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem because Caesar Augustus issued a decree that everyone should be registered in their own town.
Luke 2:1-3 records that Caesar Augustus issued a decree for a census of the entire Roman world, and everyone went to their own town to register. This was the reason Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem.
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“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”
— Matthew 28:6 (NIV)