'Ahead' in the Bible

John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"

This one is [the one] about whom I said, 'After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;