“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.”
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born — the time came (eplesthesan hai hemerai, the days were fulfilled) is the language of divine appointment: not merely the chronological moment but the divinely ordained fullness of time. The birth happens while they are there in Bethlehem — after the journey but during the stay, at the appointed place.
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