'Ahead' in the Bible

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

This is the one it is written about:Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;he will prepare Your way before You.

Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:Hosanna to the Son of David!He who comes in the nameof the Lord is the blessed One!Hosanna in the highest heaven!

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

Remember, I have told you ahead of time.

But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. In fact, He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,who will prepare Your way.

but many saw them leaving and recognized them. People ran there by land from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.

Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.

When they came near Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:Hosanna!He who comes in the nameof the Lord is the blessed One!

When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don't worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won't be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there just as He told you.’”

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

This is the one it is written about:Look, I am sending My messengerahead of You;he will prepare Your way before You.

He sent messengers ahead of Him, and on the way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make preparations for Him.

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

When He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead.

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them.

Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,

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;

he looked ahead and spoke about the resurrection of the Messiah: "He was not abandoned to Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay.'

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,

Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.

Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper ahead of others. So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that is what happened.

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.

He thought that being insulted for the sake of the Messiah was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.