Luke 2:6

And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days for her delivery were completed.

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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

5to be registered with Mary who had been betrothed to him, who was with child.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21Many are the devices in the heart of a man; But the purpose of the LORD, that shall stand.

Luke 1:57Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; 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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