7And 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.
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But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. …
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. …
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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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