6And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
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The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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: …
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.
Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 ; and it was foretold that he should be born at Bethlehem. Now here we have an account of the time, place, and manner of it. I. The time when our Lord Jesus was born. Several things may be gathered out of these verses which intimate to us that it was the proper time . 1. He was born at the…
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