Lexicon :: Strong's G4253 - pro

“Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us,[fn] Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? ”

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

“For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:[fn]

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way.[fn]

And you, child, will be called

a prophet of the Most High,

for you will go before the Lord

to prepare his ways,

When the eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ​— ​the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger

ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

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

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that he did not first perform the ritual washing[fn] before dinner.

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

“How do you know me? ” Nathanael asked.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

“Sir,” the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

“All who came before me[fn] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus[fn] was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

“I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am he.

“Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed.

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

“Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.

“Before his coming to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he intended, with the crowds, to offer sacrifice.

“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led four thousand men of the Assassins into the wilderness? ”

“So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you[fn] as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews[fn] and fellow prisoners. They are noteworthy in the eyes of the apostles,[fn] and they were also in Christ before me.

On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.

So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

I know a man in Christ who was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know; God knows.

I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.

For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.[fn]

He is before all things,

and by him all things hold together.

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters.

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God.

Brothers and sisters, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.[fn]

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.