'Towards' in the Bible

Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command you, come out of him and never enter into him again."

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.

Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--