Luke 2:6

And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.

Bible (Bishops')

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 taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.

7And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21There are many deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande.

Luke 1:57Elizabethes tyme came, that she shoulde be deliuered, and she brought foorth a sonne.

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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