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Andδὲit happenedἐγένετοwhileἐν τῷtheyαὐτοὺςwereεἶναιthereἐκεῖthatthe daysαἱ ἡμέραιwere completedἐπλήσθησανfor herαὐτήνto give birth.τοῦ τεκεῖν
Luke 2:6
Study it in the app“And it happened while they were there that the days were completed for her to give birth.”
He is born in Bethlehem and laid in a manger; shepherds are told a Savior has been bornWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:6, word by word
- it happenedἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- wereεἶναιeinai
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “einai” appears- the daysἡμέραιhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears- were completedἐπλήσθησανeplēsthēsan
be fulfilled
For the time to come, or what was foretold to happen.
Where else “eplēsthēsan” appears- to give birthτεκεῖνtekein
give birth
To have a baby, or be born.
Where else “tekein” appears
The context
5to be registered with Mary, who was engaged to him, being pregnant.
6 · This verse (above)
7And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the guest room.
To study Luke 2 in a group
1. What it says
What sign does the angel give the shepherds to recognize the child, and what do they do afterward? (vv. 10-20)
2. What it means
What do Simeon and Anna say about the child, and why do their words amaze Joseph and Mary? (vv. 25-38)
3. How I live it
Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart (v. 19). What could you keep and ponder this week?