All The World Should Be Taxed?

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)

There has been some difficulty respecting this passage, from the fact that no such taxing of all the world is mentioned by any ancient secular writers. The phrase “all the world” should have been translated “the whole land”—that is, the whole land of Palestine.

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Author: Philip P. Kapusta

Keywords: Taxes, Roman taxes, Caesar, Caesar Augustus, Augustus, Augustus Caesar, Decree, Tax decree

Bible reference(s): Luke 2:1

Source: Philip P. Kapusta

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