'Away' in the Bible

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

And after He said these things, He was caught up as they looked on, and a cloud took Him up out of their sight.

who said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This [same] Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away.

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

And he took him by his right hand, lifting him up; and straight away his feet and the bones of his legs became strong,

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;

So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.

and said to him:Get out of your countryand away from your relatives,and come to the landthat I will show you.

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

You do not want to do away with me {the same way} you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, [do you]?'

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices40 years in the wilderness?

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him,

But their plot became known to Saul, and they were also watching the gates both day and night so that they could do away with him.

And he was speaking and debating with the {Greek-speaking Jews}, but they were trying to do away with him.

When the brothers found out about the plot, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Peter told him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah is healing you. Get up and put away your mat!" At once he got up,

And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.

And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,

Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

So then [since they were unaware of these developments] those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with [the stoning of] Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, without telling the message [of salvation through Christ] to anyone except Jews.

And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command them to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding there.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

Look, you scoffers,marvel and vanish away,because I am doing a work in your days,a work that you will never believe,even if someone were to explain it to you.”

And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.

But while the disciples encircled him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the morrow he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

and thence they sailed away to Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.

to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."

So when they were sent away, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren in peace to those who had sent them out.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

There arose therefore very warm feeling, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away to Cyprus;

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

And when he had seen the vision, we wanted at once to go away to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

And she did this for many days.But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.”

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

And those who conducted Paul brought [him] as far as Athens, and [after] receiving an order for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they went away.

to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find [him]. And indeed he is not far away from each one of us,

And so Paul went away from among them.

After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

So he drove them away from the judge's seat.

So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because he had taken a vow.

but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem; I will return to you again, if God will: and he sailed away from Ephesus.

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out.

And the man {who had the evil spirit} leaped on them, subdued all of them, [and] prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to him and embraced them, went away to go to Macedonia.

And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.

They took the young man away alive and were greatly relieved.

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

After we tore ourselves away from them and set sail, we came by a direct route to Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

and after finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went on board and set sail.

And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

As for the gentiles who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our decision that they should keep away from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality."

And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.