19 Bible Verses about People Going Before

The disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

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

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?

He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."

You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

"And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you, He will prepare the road ahead of you!'

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

The sick man answered, "I have nobody, sir, to put me into the pool when the water stirs, but while I am getting down someone else steps in ahead of me."

For we can assure you, on the Lord's own authority, that those of us who will still be living when the Lord comes will have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him.

All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep would not obey them.

So I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on to you ahead of me, to arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so as to have it ready, like an expression of your good will, not of your avarice.

When he gets his own flock all out, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

And he immediately made his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds.

And those in front and those behind shouted, "God bless him! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

They went on to Troas and waited for us there,

We had already gone on board the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there, for that was the arrangement he had made, as he intended to travel there by land.