Luke 2:6
New International Version
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,

New Living Translation
And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.

English Standard Version
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Berean Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

Berean Literal Bible
And it came to pass, in their being there, the days of her giving birth were fulfilled.

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

New King James Version
So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.

New American Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

NASB 1995
While they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth.

NASB 1977
And it came about that while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to give birth.

Amplified Bible
While they were there [in Bethlehem], the time came for her to give birth,

Christian Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth.

Contemporary English Version
and while they were there,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have her child.

Good News Translation
and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have her baby.

International Standard Version
While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,

Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

Majority Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

New American Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child,

NET Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

New Revised Standard Version
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

New Heart English Bible
It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

Weymouth New Testament
But while they were there, her full time came,

World English Bible
While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth.

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Birth of Jesus
5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.…

Cross References
Luke 2:5
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

Luke 2:7
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.


Treasury of Scripture

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

A.

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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

Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem 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.

the days.

Luke 1:57
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

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: …

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Luke 2
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.














Verse 6. - The days were accomplished that she should be delivered. The universal tradition of the Christian Church places the nativity in winter. The date "December 25" was generally received by the Fathers of the Greek and Latin from the fourth century downwards.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
While
Ἐγένετο (Egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

they were
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

there,
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

the
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

time
ἡμέραι (hēmerai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

came
ἐπλήσθησαν (eplēsthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4130: To fill, fulfill, complete. A prolonged form of a primary pleo to 'fill' (imbue, influence, supply); specially, to fulfil.

for
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

her
αὐτήν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Child to be born.
τεκεῖν (tekein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 5088: A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.


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