'Next' in the Bible

Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

The next day, that is, the day after the [day of] preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,

On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

On the next day he took out two denarii (two days’ wages) and gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I return.’

The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

The next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher, and walking the same path of life that I walk].”

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea realized that there had been only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not boarded the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

The next day, when the large crowd who had come to the Passover feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved (esteemed), was leaning against Jesus’ chest.

Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’

The next day, as they were on their way and were approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof of the house about the sixth hour (noon) to pray,

So Peter invited them in and gave them lodging [for the night].The next day Peter got up and left with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving [the synagogue], the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them on the next Sabbath.

On the next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the word of the Lord [about salvation through faith in Christ].

So setting sail from Troas, we ran a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day [went on] to Neapolis;

Then he moved on from there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.

Now on the first day of the week (Sunday), when we were gathered together to break bread (share communion), Paul began talking with them, intending to leave the next day; and he kept on with his message until midnight.

Sailing from there, we arrived the next day [at a point] opposite Chios; the following day we crossed over to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus [about 30 miles south of Ephesus].

On the next day Paul went with us to [see] James, and all the elders of the church were present.

But on the next day, wanting to know the real reason why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) to assemble; and brought Paul down and presented him before them.

And the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.

Now after Festus had spent no more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal (the judicial bench), and ordered Paul to be brought [before him].

So the next day Agrippa and [his sister] Bernice came with great pageantry, and they went into the auditorium accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

On the next day, as we were being violently tossed about by the storm [and taking on water], they began to jettison the cargo;

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium [on Italy’s southern tip]; and a day later a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

For this is what the promise said: “About this time [next year] I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”

But in giving this next instruction, I do not praise you, because when you meet together it is not for the better but for the worse.