Augustus in the Bible

Meaning: increased, augmented

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So, He said, "A certain distinguished gentleman went to a distant country to receive a royal appointment [i.e., as king over a territory] and then return. [Note: This is the only parable of Jesus' that correlates with a known incident; that of Herod's son Archelaus going to Rome to receive from Caesar Augustus an appointment to rule over Judea, Samaria and Idumaea in

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When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

But I found that he had done nothing deserving of death; and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.


In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.


In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.


In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.


In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.