19 Bible Verses about People Going Before

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

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

He answered them, "Elijah does come first and gets everything ready, but how is it that the Scripture says about the Son of Man that He will suffer much and be rejected?

He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared."

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready His ways,

This is the man of whom the Scripture says: "'Attention! 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 answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.

The sick man answered, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved, but while I am trying to get down, somebody else steps down ahead of me."

For on the Lord's own authority we say that those of us who may be left behind and are still living when the Lord comes back, will have no advantage at all over those who have fallen asleep.

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.

so He sent messengers before Him. Then they went on and entered into a Samaritan town, to make preparations for Him.

All who came as such before me are thieves and robbers, but the true sheep would not listen to them.

So I have thought it necessary to urge these brothers to visit you ahead of me and get your promised love-offering ready beforehand, so as to have it ready as a real love-offering, not as one grasped and grudgingly given.

So when he gets his sheep all out, he goes on before them, and the sheep come on behind him, because they know his voice.

And He at once had the disciples get into the boat and cross to the other side ahead of Him, while He dismissed the crowds.

Then those in front and those behind Him shouted: "Welcome Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord;

They went on to Troas and waited there for us,

We had already gone on board the ship and set sail for Assos, where we were to take Paul on board; for it had been so arranged by him, as he intended to travel there on foot.