Luke 2:6

While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby.

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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

5He went to register there, together with Mary, who was pledged in marriage to him and expecting a baby.

7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him up in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because the inn had no rooms left.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21Human beings make many plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.

Luke 1:57The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby 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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