Luke 2:1 Now it occurred in those days, that a decree went out from beside (= the court of) Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited domain of the Empire is to proceed to register themselves for public record (= participate in a census).

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now it occurred in those days, [that] a decree went out from beside (= the court of) Caesar Augustus, [that] all the inhabited [domain of the Empire] is to proceed to register themselves for public record (= participate in a census).