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Luke 2:1

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2In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus yzthat the whole empire ashould be registered.

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Footnotes

  1. y2:1 Emperor who ruled the Roman Empire 27 b.c.–a.d. 14; also known as Octavian, he established the peaceful era known as the Pax Romana; Caesar was a title of Roman emperors.
  2. a2:1 Or the whole inhabited world

Cross references

  1. z2:1 Mt 22:17; Lk 3:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

NLTNew Living Translation

At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.