Luke 2:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus^[a]^(A) that the whole empire^[b] should be registered.

Luke 2:1 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.
Luke 2:1 Or the whole inhabited world

Luke 2:1

New International Version

2 In those days Caesar Augustus^(A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.^(B)

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