Luke 2:6

And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.

7And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laide him in a cratch, because there was no roome for them in the ynne.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.

Luke 1:57Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee 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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