pro

Preposition pro (before) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)

Matthew

5: 12	Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before (pro) you.
6: 8	Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before (pro) you ask him.
8: 29	Suddenly they shouted, "What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before (pro) the time?"
11: 10	This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before (pro) you.'
24: 38	For as in those days before (pro) the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,

Mark

1: 2	As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger before (pro) you, who will prepare your way;

Luke

2: 21	After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before (pro) he was conceived in the womb.
7: 27	This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before (pro) you.'
9: 52	And he sent messengers before (pro) him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him;
10: 1	After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them before (pro) him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.
11: 38	The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before (pro) dinner.
21: 12	"But before (pro) all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
22: 15	He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before (pro) I suffer;

John

1: 48	Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before (pro) Philip called you."
5: 7	The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down before (pro) me."
10: 8	All who came before (pro) me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them.
11: 55	Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before (pro) the Passover to purify themselves.
12: 1	Six days before (pro) the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
13: 1	Now before (pro) the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
13: 19	I tell you this now, before (pro) it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am he.
17: 5	So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before (pro) the world existed.
17: 24	Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before (pro) the foundation of the world.

Acts

5: 36	For before (pro) these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and disappeared.
12: 6	The very night before (pro) Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.
12: 14	On recognizing Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that, instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was before (pro) the gate.
13: 24	before (pro) his coming John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
14: 13	The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just before (pro) the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice.
21: 38	Then you are not the Egyptian who before (pro) these days stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?"
23: 15	Now then, you and the council must notify the tribune to bring him down to you, on the pretext that you want to make a more thorough examination of his case. And we are ready to do away with him before (pro) he arrives."