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 our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --

but Paul having appealed to be kept to the hearing of Sebastus, I did command him to be kept till I might send him unto Caesar.'

and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,


And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --


And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --


And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --


And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --