Luke 2:6

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

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In Context

5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Luke 1:57Now Elisabeth’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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