King James Version
Luke 2:6 in the King James Version says “And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.”
Luke 2:6 · KJV
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
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.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. watch: or, the night watches
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“so it was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“that she”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“were accomplished”
G4130to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time)
“the days”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“should be delivered”
G5088to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively
“that she”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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