Luke 2:6

6 And it happened that while they were there, {the time came} for her to give birth.

Luke 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:6

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.

Luke 2:6 In-Context

4 So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

5 to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him [and] was pregnant.

6 And it happened that while they were there, {the time came} for her to give birth.

7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

8 And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the days were completed"