Caesar (Augustus)

Emperor

Augustus was a Roman Emperor during the New Testament time, first mentioned in Luke 2:1.

Key References

Luke 2:1

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

All Scripture References (2)

Luke (2)
Luke 2:1

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,