'Going' in the Bible

Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?"

The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.)

Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)

You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."

Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, "Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

The Jewish leaders replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God."

The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?"

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him."

Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)

Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.")

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

And you know the way where I am going."

Thomas said, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

"Lord," Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"

You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

Simon Peter told them, "I am going fishing." "We will go with you," they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me."

Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the meal and asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?")

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?"