'Pointing' in the Bible

Then pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers,

And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.

(This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

(That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.

which he clearly explained, pointing out that it had been necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise again from the dead, and insisting, "The Jesus whom I am announcing to you is the Christ."

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

I am not saying this as a command [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the enthusiasm of others, the sincerity of your love as well.

For I know your earnest willingness, on account of which I habitually boast of you to the Macedonians, pointing out to them that for a whole year you in Greece have been ready; and the greater number of them have been spurred on by your ardour.

In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.

Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.