'Ahead' in the Bible
And he put [them] under the hand of his servants, {herd by herd}, and said to his servants, "Cross on ahead before me, and put some distance {between herds}.
And he instructed the foremost, saying, "When Esau my brother comes upon you and asks you, saying, 'Whose [are] you and where are you going? To whom do these [animals] belong ahead of you?'
Then he said, "Let us journey and go [on], and I will go ahead of you."
Let my lord pass on before his servant and I will move along slowly at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me, and at the pace of the children until I come to my lord in Seir."
He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to appear before him in Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.
And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the column of cloud set out ahead of them, and it stood [still] behind them,
And so they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a journey of three days, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh setting out ahead of them three days' journey to search out a resting place for them;
Then the angel of Yahweh went further ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was not a way to turn aside [to the] right or left.
You should know {today} that Yahweh your God is the one crossing {ahead of you} [as] a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will subdue them before you; so you will dispossess them, and you will destroy them quickly, {just as} Yahweh {promised} you.
And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross [over] {ahead of the people}." And they took up the ark of the covenant and went {ahead of the people}.
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth [is about to] cross [over] ahead of you into the Jordan.
And it happened, when the people set out from their tents to cross [over] the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were {ahead of the people}.
And when they blow long on the horn of the ram, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people will shout [with] a great war cry, and the wall of the city will fall flat, and {the people will charge, each one straight ahead}."
So the people shouted, and they blew on the trumpets. And when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout, and the wall fell flat. {The people charged, each one straight ahead into the city}, and they captured it.
Now Eli [was] {ninety-eight years old} and his eyes {stayed fixed ahead} and he was not able to see.
Samuel answered Saul and said, "I [am] the seer. Go up {ahead of me} to the high place, and you will eat with me today; then I will send you away in the morning. I will tell you all that [is] {on your mind}.
However, all of Israel and Judah [were] loving David, for he was going forth and marching ahead of them.
Then she said to her servants, "Go ahead before me; look, I am coming after you," but she did not tell her husband Nabal.
he enters [into] peace; they will rest on their beds, walking straight ahead of him.
And the likeness of their faces, they [were] the faces that I saw at the {Kebar River}; [thus was] their appearance, and they each went {straight ahead}.
And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.
And the crowds who went ahead of him and the ones who followed were shouting, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!"
Which of the two did the will of [his] father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
And go quickly, tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead, and behold, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Behold, I have told you."
And many [people] saw them leaving and recognized [them], and ran there together by land from all the towns, and arrived ahead of them.
And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.
Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. And they were astounded, but those who were following [him] were afraid. And taking aside the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him:
And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
But you, watch out! I have told you everything ahead of time!
But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."
And he ran on ahead [and] climbed up into a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because he was going to go through [that way].
And [after he] had said these [things], he traveled on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
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.'
And the two were running together, and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first.
And these had gone on ahead [and] were waiting for us in Troas.
But we went on ahead to the ship [and] put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For having made arrangements in this way, he himself was intending to travel by land.
For [when you] eat [it], each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
Therefore I considered [it] necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted.
Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of [it]. But [I do] one [thing], forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,