'Distance' in the Bible

for a friend of mine has just come to my house from a distance, and I have nothing for him to eat'?

And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms.

And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.

But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.