'Side' in the Bible

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side,

And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,