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Luke 2:6

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Mary;   Scofield Reference Index - Gospel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Humility of Christ, the;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Virgin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fulfillment;   Messiah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Taxes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joseph;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;   Boyhood of Jesus;   Dependence;   Fulfilment;   Ministry;   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Manger;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accomplish;   Deliver;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
King James Version (1611)
And so it was, that while they were there, the dayes were accomplished that she should be deliuered.
King James Version
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
English Standard Version
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
New American Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
New Century Version
While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have the baby,
Amplified Bible
While they were there [in Bethlehem], the time came for her to give birth,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
Contemporary English Version
and while they were there,
Complete Jewish Bible
While they were there, the time came for her to give birth;
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth [to her child] were fulfilled,
Easy-to-Read Version
While Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have the baby.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass while they were there, that her days of deliverance were to be fulfilled.
Good News Translation
and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have her baby.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened that while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
Literal Translation
And it happened as they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bear.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.
Bible in Basic English
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.
International Standard Version
While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,
Etheridge Translation
And it was that while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should give birth:
Murdock Translation
And it was while they were there, that the days for her to bring forth were completed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.
World English Bible
It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And while they were there, the days were fulfilled, that she should be delivered.
Weymouth's New Testament
But while they were there, her full time came,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was don, while thei weren there, the daies weren fulfillid, that sche schulde bere child.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.
Webster's Bible Translation
And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
New English Translation
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
New King James Version
So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.
New Living Translation
And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.
New Life Bible
While they were there in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to give birth to her baby.
New Revised Standard
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days were fulfilled for her to give birth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass that when they were there, her days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Revised Standard Version
And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And it fortuned whyll they were there her tyme was come that she shuld be delyvered.
Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.
Mace New Testament (1729)
now while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered.
Simplified Cowboy Version
While they were there, Mary went into labor.

Contextual Overview

1About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant. 6While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 4000, bc 4

so: Psalms 33:11, Proverbs 19:21, Micah 5:2

the days: Luke 1:57, Revelation 12:1-5

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And so it was, that while they were there,.... At Bethlehem, waiting to be called and enrolled in their turn;

the days were accomplished that she should be delivered; her reckoning was up, the nine months of her going with child were ended, and her full time to bring forth was come.


 
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