Of Augustus,— Of our august emperor. As Augustus was not properly one of the names of Nero, though it was of Titus, the above version more justly expresses the import of Σεβαστος, which was plainly a complimental form of speaking.
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Acts 25:21
21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearingc of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.