Roman in the Bible
Meaning: strong; powerful
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At that time, Cesar Augustus published an edict, to make a register of the Roman empire.
There was a Roman captain who had a slave that was very dear to him, and he was sick and at the point of death,
Now there were some there at that very time who told Jesus about some people from Galilee whose blood Pilate [the Roman governor] had mixed with their sacrifices [i.e., he had them murdered while they were offering their sacrifices].
"So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.
It will be too bad for pregnant women and those who are nursing [babies] in those days! For there will be great distress in this land [i.e., Judea, and especially Jerusalem], and raging anger [will be shown] against these people [i.e., by the Roman armies].
And there was also an inscription written over him in Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: This is the King of the Jews.
The Roman Captain, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming: "This must have been a good man!"
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But he saw their malice, and said, "Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius. And he said to them, "Whose head and title is this?" They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!" And when they heard it they were amazed, and they went away and left him.
And they brought him one. He said to them, "Whose head and title is this?" And they told him, "The emperor's." And Jesus said, "Pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!" And they were astonished at him.