to ensue
mello marks an action, event, or condition as impending, intended, or still ahead.
The verb most often marks a person or event as on the point of occurring or intended, including actions about to be taken and events expected to happen. Its participial forms also describe realities ahead—such as coming judgment, a city, or things still to take place.
Senses in use
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Being about to act or undergo an event · dominant
Present forms and imperfect indicatives mark an action as impending or intended. In Acts 16:27 the jailer is poised to kill himself, while in Acts 18:14 Paul is about to open his mouth; the APB renders these clauses "was about to kill himself" and "was about to open his mouth." In Matthew 20:22 the first-person present form occurs in Jesus' question about the cup he is about to drink.
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Forthcoming realities and events · common
Present active participles describe things that lie ahead rather than a named person's immediate act. In 1 Timothy 4:8 the form modifies the life "to come," and in Hebrews 13:14 it describes the city believers seek; in Luke 21:36 it qualifies "all these things" that are about to take place. The APB also presents coming judgment in Acts 24:25 and what is coming upon the ungodly in 2 Peter 2:6.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses "about to," "going to," and "to come" for clauses involving this verb, while some clauses are phrased as "intending" or "would come to pass." These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed English equivalents.