 | John Edward CLARKE - 1814 - 420 pages
...is even so named in Scripture, for St. Luke, in the second chapter of his Gospel., informs us that " there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be taxed/' by which is evidently meant the Roman empire. Dionysius of Halicarnassus gives an account of... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1815 - 738 pages
...said to me : Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Al/e'uia. GOSPEL. Luke ii. 1. 14. — And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Csesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus... | |
 | David Jennings - 1825 - 660 pages
...against both these solutions. Therefore, 3dly. Mr. Whiston and Dr. Prideaux suppose that the words, " In those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world (or, as oiKovpivn may be rendered, the whole land) should be taxed," ver. 1, refer to... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...very urgent cause would have induced them to travel, " she being great with child." We read, however, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed, and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.* And so it was,... | |
 | 1833 - 360 pages
...and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel. CHAP. II. Tkt birth of Christ. AND it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus ; that the whole world should be enrolled. 2 This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus... | |
 | 1835 - 162 pages
...his birth ? How long before ? What did Malachi say of him ? LESSON III. The Nativity. FROM LUKE II. AND it came to pass, that in those days there went...from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be registered. (This registering was first made by Cyrenius the governor of Syria.) And all went to be... | |
 | James Wheeler - 1835 - 436 pages
...GOD; AND THE CORRESPONDING RETURN WHICH IT DEMANDS ON THEIR PART. GOSPEL. Luke, a. ii. v. 1 — 14. And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustas ; that the whole world should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus the governor... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...000 — PRECIOUS JEWELS OF THS CHURCH RESCUED FROM THE BANDS OF THE SPOILERS. " And it came to past in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world sboulld be taxed." GREAT declamations are made about the term '' world," as it is used... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1843 - 854 pages
...hath said to me : Thou art my Son, this day have 1 begotten thee. Mduia. GOSPEL. Luke ii. 1. 14.— And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Csesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus... | |
 | Benjamin Wills Newton - 1846 - 128 pages
...Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth.' — Said by Cyrus. Luke ii. 1. — There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be taxed. of the lion and the leopard, even in the mountains of Israel now : but we shall not fear to... | |
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Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. 
