'Away' in the Bible

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent yet another slave, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

When you hear of wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. Indeed, these things must take place first, but the end won’t come right away.”

I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand Him over to them.

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!”

As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with Him.

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

Then He said to them again, “I’m going away; you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you cannot come.”

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Bethany was near Jerusalem (about two miles away).

While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.

You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

On the contrary, I am going away so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.“Get up; let’s leave this place.

“But now I am going away to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send Him to you.

But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!”Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.

So then, because of them, he handed Him over to be crucified.Therefore they took Jesus away.

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away.

They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?”“Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put Him.”

“Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”Supposing He was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve removed Him, tell me where you’ve put Him, and I will take Him away.”

But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

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

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;

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

“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

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?

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer. But he went on his way rejoicing.

But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

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 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.

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

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.

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 we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.

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 now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away.

All have turned away;all alike have become useless.There is no one who does what is good,not even one.

And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written:The Liberator will come from Zion;He will turn away godlessness from Jacob.

And this will be My covenant with themwhen I take away their sins.

But God judges outsiders. Put away the evil person from among yourselves.

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them. The body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

For if what was fading away was glorious, what endures will be even more glorious.

We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites could not stare at the end of what was fading away,

So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

Stay away from every kind of evil.

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

This you know: All those in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:The Lord knows those who are His, andEveryone who names the name of the Lordmust turn away from unrighteousness.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

He then says, See, I have come to do Your will. He takes away the first to establish the second.

Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away. For prior to his removal he was approved, since he had pleased God.

Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.