Luke 2:6

And it was that while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should give birth:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

5with Mariam his espoused while with child, there to be enrolled.

7and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in the manger; because there was no place for them where they stayed.

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Cross References

Luke 1:57BUT to Elishaba had come the time that she should give birth, 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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