And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And so it was, that, 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 of His birth at Bethlehem, would have failed. But, lo! with no intention on her part-much less on the part of Caesar Augustus-to fulfill the prophecy, she is brought from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and at that very nick of time her period for delivery arrives.