{"query": "Easton: Augustus", "count": 17, "results": [{"id": "card_n_aa9dfb83a686", "title": "Easton: Augustus band", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour of Augustus Caesar). Probably this “band” or cohort consisted of Samaritan soldiers belonging to Cae"}, {"id": "card_n_fa79f8a935af", "title": "Easton: Augustus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luke 2:1). His decree that “all the world should be taxed” was the divinely ordered occasion o"}, {"id": "card_n_31cca21741a0", "title": "Easton: Caesarea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by H"}, {"id": "card_c_b65b413ddd9c", "title": "Easton: Augustus band cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 27:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_fb4cef51a235", "title": "Easton: Augustus cites Micah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Micah 5:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_52e6c628a18b", "title": "Easton: Augustus cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:1; Luke 3:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_7949507ff631", "title": "Easton: Beth-aram", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "House of the height; i.e., “mountain-house”, one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho (Josh. 13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in Num. 32:36. It was called by king Herod"}, {"id": "card_c_3345190ede4d", "title": "Easton: Augustus references Bethlehem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Bethlehem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_d8ef640d40a7", "title": "Easton: Augustus references Jesus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jesus (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_8388cc42df21", "title": "Easton: Augustus band references Caesarea", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Caesarea (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_56dbbf5c1e92", "title": "Easton: Nicopolis", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of victory, where Paul intended to winter (Titus 3:12). There were several cities of this name. The one here referred to was most probably that in Epirus, which was built by Augustus Caesar to co"}, {"id": "card_n_9bf7ce2fdd05", "title": "Easton: Caesar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (J"}, {"id": "card_n_ae904ac2c172", "title": "Easton: Tiberius Caesar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "I.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Augustus, whom he succeeded on the throne, A.D. 14. He was noted for his vicious and infamous"}, {"id": "card_n_06a754277270", "title": "Easton: Philippi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Formerly Crenides, “the fountain,” the capital of the province of Macedonia. It stood near the head of the Sea, about 8 miles north-west of Kavalla. It is now a ruined village, called Philibedjik"}, {"id": "card_n_0b1437a41623", "title": "Easton: Jesus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8; R.V., “Joshua”). (2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col. 4:11). Je’sus, the proper, as Christ is the official, name of our Lord. To distinguish "}, {"id": "card_n_08e3499917dc", "title": "Easton: Herod the Great", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Matt. 2:1-22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35), the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of noble descent. In the year B.C. 47 Julius Caesar made Antipater, a “wily Idumaean,” procurator of Jud"}, {"id": "card_n_df17dff4236b", "title": "Easton: Caesara Philippi", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem, and 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, at the “upper source” of the Jordan, and near the base of Mount Hermon."}]}