And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

But while they were there, her full time came,

And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Then it happened that, while they were there, the days were completed, so that she would give birth.

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.

while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered--Mary had up to this time been living at the wrong place for Messiah's birth. A little longer stay at Nazareth, and the prophecy would have failed. But lo! with no intention certainly on her part, much less of CÃ&brvbr;sar Augustus, to fulfil the prophecy, she is brought from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and at that nick of time her period arrives, and her Babe is born (Psalm 118:23). "Every creature walks blindfold; only He that dwells in light knows whether they go" [BISHOP HALL].

And it came to pass. Mary and Joseph, when journeying to Bethlehem, were probably ignorant of the fact that they were helping to fulfill the prophecy that pointed to Bethlehem as the birthplace of Christ.

And while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered - Mary seems not to have known that the child must have been born in Bethlehem, agreeably to the prophecy. But the providence of God took care for it.