Luke 2:6
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luke 2:6 in other translations
| BSB | While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. |
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| WEB | While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth. |
| ASV | And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered. |
| YLT | And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth, |
| DARBY | And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled, |
| BBE | And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. |
| Webster | And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. |
What does Luke 2:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Barnes' Notes
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:1-7
The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law. The circumstances of his birth were very mean. Christ was born at an inn; he came into the world to sojourn here for awhile, as at an inn, and to teach us to do likewise. We are become by sin like an outcast infant, helpless and forlorn; and such a one was Christ. He well knew how unwilling we are to be…
Luke 2:6 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 2:6
- Psalms 33:11
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Revelation 12:1-5
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. …
- Micah 5:2
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
- Luke 1:57
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
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Context
- Luke 2:5
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
- Luke 2:6
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
- Luke 2:7
And 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.
Luke 2:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y aconteció que estando ellos allí, se cumplieron los días en que ella había de parir. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva, pendant qu’ils étaient là, que les jours où elle devait accoucher s’accomplirent; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, als sie daselbst waren, wurden ihre Tage erfüllt, daß sie gebären sollte; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Factum est autem, cum essent ibi, impleti sunt dies ut pareret. |