Nave’s Topical Bible
Roman Empire
10 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Ruled by
- Augustus Caesar
- Tiberius Caesar
- Claudius Caesar
- Nero
- Citizenship in
- By birth
- By purchase
- The rights of citizens
- The right of trial
- The right of appeal
Bible verses about “Roman Empire”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Luke 2:1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
- Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
- Acts 18:2And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
- Philippians 4:22All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cesar’s household.
- Acts 22:28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
- Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Acts 22:25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- Acts 22:26When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
- Acts 22:27Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
- Acts 22:29Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
- Acts 25:16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
- Acts 25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
- Acts 25:21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.