'Coming' in the Bible

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

I am baptizing you with water as evidence of repentance, but the one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

But he answered, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

He answered them, "Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things.

"Tell the daughter of Zion, "Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

He kept proclaiming, "The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to bend down and untie his sandal straps.

Just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens split open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them.

He told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest for a while," because so many people were coming and going that they didn't even have time to eat.

He told them, "Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore all things. Why, then, is it written that the Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be treated shamefully?

How blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

Then people will see "the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory.

So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross.

John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

John replied to all of them, "I'm baptizing you with water, but one is coming who is more powerful than I, and I'm not worthy to untie his sandal straps. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing all of them.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

Even while the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what time the thief were coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus.

"Now the father's older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"

They told him that Jesus from Nazareth was coming by.

Then they will see "the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory.

As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.

the one who is coming after me, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie."

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John also testified, "I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

Then he told him, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man."

John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People kept coming and were being baptized,

The woman told him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

Jesus told her, "Believe me, dear lady, the hour is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.

The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything."

Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.

The next day, the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.

"Stop being afraid, people of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt!"

You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Crowds continued coming in even from the towns around Jerusalem bringing their sick and those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

One day, about three in the afternoon, he had a vision and clearly saw an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, "Cornelius!"

Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

When John was finishing his work, he said, "Who do you think I am? I'm not the Messiah. No, but he is coming after me, and I'm not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.'

Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.

Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing.

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and said, "For the present you may go. When I get a chance, I will send for you again."

The Jewish leaders told him, "We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or mentioned anything bad about you.

in my prayers at all times, asking that somehow by God's will I may at last succeed in coming to you.

This is why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.

Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.

This will be the third time I am coming to you. "Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses."

so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus.

It is because of these things that the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.

He is coming with Onesimus, that faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.

and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.

After all, who is our hope, joy, or reason for rejoicing in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? It is you, isn't it?

For we declare to you what the Lord has told us to say: We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died.

Now we ask you, brothers, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and our gathering together to him,

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the breath of his mouth, rendering him powerless by the manifestation of his coming.

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders,

Now, however, that grace has been revealed through the coming of our Savior the Messiah Jesus, who has destroyed death and through the gospel has brought life and release from death into full view.

As I send him back, it's like I'm coming along with him.