'Away' in the Bible

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, "Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days."

So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes above and said, "Father, I give thanks to you that you hear me.

If we allow him [to go on] in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

[because he] knew that the Father had given him all [things] into [his] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God,

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

You have heard that I said to 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 [am].

"I have said these [things] to you so that you will not fall away.

But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,

So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, 'A little [while] and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

Then those shouted, "Away [with him]! Away [with him]! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests replied, "We do not have a king except Caesar!"

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

And after these [things], Joseph [who was] from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed [it], so he came and took away his body.

Now on the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, [while it] was still dark, and saw the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord from the tomb and we do not know where they have put him!"

Then the disciples went away again to their [own homes].

And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have put him!"

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She thought that it was the gardener, [and] said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net of fish, because they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain that is called Olive Grove which is near Jerusalem, {a Sabbath day's journey away}.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

And now I tell you, keep away from these men, and leave them alone, because if this plan or this matter is from people, it will be overthrown.

You do not want to do away with me {the same way} you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, [do you]?'

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel?

In his humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his {descendants}? For his life was taken away from the earth."

And 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, for he went on his way rejoicing.

And when many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted to do away with him.

But their plot became known to Saul, and they were also watching the gates both day and night so that they could do away with him.

And he was speaking and debating with the {Greek-speaking Jews}, but they were trying to do away with him.

And [when] the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

So he invited them in [and] entertained them as guests, and on the next day he got up [and] went away with them. And some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

And [when] Herod had searched for him and did not find [him], he questioned the guards [and] ordered [that they] be led away to execution. And he came down from Judea to Caesarea [and] stayed [there].

Then, [after they] had fasted and prayed and placed [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.

Therefore, sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed away to Cyprus.

But Elymas the magician (for his name is translated in this way) opposed them, attempting to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

And [after] spending [some] time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.

And a sharp disagreement took place, so that they separated from one another. And Barnabas took along Mark [and] sailed away to Cyprus,

And when he had seen the vision, we wanted at once to go away to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

Now the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas at once, during the night, to Berea. {They} went into the synagogue of the Jews [when they] arrived.

So then the brothers sent Paul away at once to go to the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.

And those who conducted Paul brought [him] as far as Athens, and [after] receiving an order for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they went away.

to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find [him]. And indeed he is not far away from each one of us,

And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

So Paul, [after] remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers [and] sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved [his] head at Cenchrea, because he had [taken] a vow.

But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them [and] took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin} were carried away to those who were sick, and [their] diseases left them and the evil spirits came out [of them].

And the man {who had the evil spirit} leaped on them, subdued all of them, [and] prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.

and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this man Paul has persuaded [and] turned away a large crowd [by] saying that the [gods] made by hands are not gods.

And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.

And they led the youth away alive, and {were greatly} comforted.

And from among you yourselves men will arise, speaking {perversions of the truth} in order to draw away the disciples after them.

And it happened that after we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, [and] running a straight course we came to Cos and on the next [day] to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

for the crowd of people was following [them], shouting, "Away with him!"

as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, [and] was traveling [there] to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished.

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

And he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

Now they were listening to him until this word, and they raised their voices, saying, "Away with such a man from the earth! For it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

Then immediately those who were about to examine him kept away from him, and the military tribune also was afraid [when he] realized that he was a Roman citizen and that {he had tied him up}.

And [when] the dispute became severe, the military tribune, fearing lest Paul be torn apart by them, ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from their midst, and bring [him] into the barracks.

Therefore, now you along with the Sanhedrin explain to the military tribune that he should bring him down to you, as [if you] were going to determine more accurately the things concerning him. And we are ready to do away with him before he comes near."

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

So the military tribune sent the young man away, directing [him], "Tell no one that you have revealed these [things] to me."

And [while] he was discussing about righteousness and self control and the judgment that is to come, Felix became afraid [and] replied, "Go away for the present, and [when I] have an opportunity, I will summon you."

asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, [because they] were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way.

And when it was decided [that] we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion {named} Julius of the Augustan Cohort.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.

Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape [by] swimming away,

knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.

and so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

And this [is] the covenant from me with them when I take away their sins."

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Therefore, shall I take away the members of Christ [and] make [them] members of a prostitute? May it never be!

and those who make use of the world as [if they] do not make full use of [it]. For the present form of this world is passing away.

Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away.

but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.

Therefore if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old [things] have passed away; behold, new [things] have come.

I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those [who were] apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.

and the rest of the Jews also joined in [this] hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with them in [their] hypocrisy.

But now in Christ Jesus you, the ones who once were far away, have become near by the blood of Christ.

And coming, he proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to the ones who were near,

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.

who will pay the penalty [of] eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion,

But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,

For already some have turned away [and followed] after Satan.

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted [to you]. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of [what is] falsely called knowledge,

You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who turn away from the truth.

Because of this, [it is] all the more necessary [that] we pay attention to the [things] we have heard, lest we drift away.

Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.