19 Bible Verses about People Going Before

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

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'

And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready,

This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way for you.

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

The invalid replied, "Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath, when the water is disturbed; and while I am getting down myself, someone else gets in before me."

For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.

After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself.

He sent messengers in front of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,

all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers ??but the sheep would not listen to them.

That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you.

When he has brought all his sheep outside, he goes in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice;

Then he made the disciples embark in the boat and cross before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds;

and both those in front and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

They went on to wait for us at Troas,

Now we had gone on beforehand to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. This was his own arrangement, for he intended to travel by land.