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Question:
Does
“
the whole world” in
Luke 2:1
1
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (Luke 2:1)
include Russia, &c., or merely the Roman Empire?
Answer:
It
is clear that a decree of Augustus or any other emperor could not run in its effect outside the empire. But it was the phrase of the day, as we see in
Acts 24:5
5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (Acts 24:5)
. To a Roman the
orbs
ruled the
orbern terrarum.
The world and the empire were the same; all without was of no account. But the apostles had a true and larger view, as we may see in
Acts 17:31
31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)
,
Heb. 2:5
5
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. (Hebrews 2:5)
,
Rev. 3
5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. (Revelation 3:5)
; 10, and elsewhere.
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