19 Bible Verses about People Going Before

And the disciples asked him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Then he said to them, "Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but I have been sent before him.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,

This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me."

For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

And he sent messengers on ahead, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;

All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the multitudes.

And those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.