Luke 2:1

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It was the time when Caesar Augustus issued a decree that there should be a census of everyone in the Roman Empire.

Cross References

Esther 10:1

King Xerxes imposed taxes throughout the empire, even to its most distant shores.

Matthew 22:17

So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”

Matthew 24:14

The good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed around the whole world so everyone will be able to hear it, and then the end will come.

Mark 14:9

I tell you the truth: wherever the good news is spread in the world, people will remember what she did.”

Mark 16:15

Then he told them, “Go to the whole world, and announce the good news to everyone.

Luke 2:3

So everybody went to their own city to be registered.

Luke 2:5

He went to register there, together with Mary, who was pledged in marriage to him and expecting a baby.

Luke 3:1

By now Tiberias had been Caesar for fifteen years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius was ruler of Abiline.

Acts 11:28

One of them called Agabus stood up and gave a prophetic warning by the Spirit that there would be a terrible famine that would affect the known world. (This came true in the reign of Emperor Claudius.)

Acts 25:11

If I've committed a crime and have done something that deserves death, I do not ask to be pardoned from a death sentence. But if there's no substance to these accusations they're making against me, then nobody has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Acts 25:21

However, Paul appealed for his case to be heard by the emperor, so I ordered him detained until I could send him to Caesar.”

Romans 1:8

Let me begin by saying that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the way in which you trust in God is spoken about all over the world.

Philippians 4:22

All the believers send you greetings, especially those from Caesar's palace.