Luke 2:6

Then it happened that, while they were there, the days were completed, so that she would give birth.

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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

5in order to be declared, with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.

7And she brought forth her firstborn son. And she wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Luke 1:57Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth arrived, and she brought forth 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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