Translation | Verse | Text |
King James | Lu 2:1 | And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
AUGUSTUS | Venerable, the first peacefully acknowledged emperor of Rome, began to reign B. C. 19. Augustus was the emperor who appointed the enrolment, Lu 2:1, which obliged Joseph and the Virgin to go to Bethlehem, the place where the Messiah was to be born. He died A. D. 14. |