Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην·

Egeneto de en tais emerais ekeinais exelthen dogma para Kaisaros Augoustou apographesthai pasan ten oikoumenen*

factum est autem in diebus illis exiit edictum a Caesare Augusto ut describeretur universus orbis

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