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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And when it was decided [that] we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion {named} Julius of the Augustan Cohort.

Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.

But [when] Paul appealed [that] he be kept under guard for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I gave orders [for] him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."

But I understood [that] he had done nothing deserving death himself, and [when] this man appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send [him].


Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.


Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.


Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.


Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire.