Luke 2:6

And it came to pass while they were there, that the days for her to be delivered were completed;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

In Context

5to be enrolled with Mary his betrothed wife, who was with child.

7and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swathing-clothes, and laid him in the stable, because there was no place for them in the inn.

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Cross References

Luke 1:57Now the time for Elizabeth to be delivered had fully come; and she gave birth to a son.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →

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