<p>2:6 <i>And it came to pass, while they were there, the time came that she should give birth</i>- &quot;While they were there&quot; heightens the connection with the fact the Lord was born in Bethlehem, the birth place of His mother and adoptive father (see on :5). The time which came was that precise moment so carefully prepared and calculated by the Father; Gal. 4:4 surely alludes here in saying that &quot;when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman&quot;.</p>