Cesar: meaning of the name

Cesar in Scripture

“Cesar” appears in 24 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Matthew 22:17

  Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?

• Matthew 22:21

  They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

• Mark 12:14

  And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

• Mark 12:16

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s.

• Mark 12:17

  And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

• Luke 2:1

  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

• Luke 3:1

  Now 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,

• Luke 20:22

  Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no?