“To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.”
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child — the with Mary communicates that Mary accompanies Joseph — presumably because she is in the advanced stages of pregnancy and the journey cannot be made without her. The pledged to be married (emnēsteumenē) maintains the formal status of the relationship: the marriage has not been completed, but Mary is Joseph's legal betrothed.
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