Parago describes moving past a place or person and, in broader clauses, the world or darkness passing away.

Its dominant use depicts someone moving past a location or person in narrative scenes; a smaller cluster places the present form in clauses where the world, its desire, or darkness is passing away.

1. Moving past in a narrative setting · dominant

   Present active participles occur as someone moves past and then sees or is followed: in John 9:1 the APB renders, “as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth,” and in Mark 2:14 the movement precedes seeing Levi at the tax booth. The present active indicative in Matthew 20:30 occurs in the report that the blind men heard Jesus “was passing by,” while Mark 15:21 uses an accusative participle for Simon in the scene where he is compelled to take up the cross.

   John 9:1Mark 1:16Mark 2:14Mark 15:21Matthew 20:30Matthew 9:9
2. Passing away in statements about the world or darkness · common

   The present forms occur in statements about change or disappearance rather than bodily travel: in 1 Corinthians 7:31 the APB renders, “the form of this world is passing away,” and in 1 John 2:17 it says, “the world is passing away, and its desire.” In 1 John 2:8, the same present passive indicative form stands in the clause that “the darkness is passing away.”

   1 Corinthians 7:311 John 2:171 John 2:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies between movement language such as “passed by,” “passing by,” and “passed along,” and passing-away language for the world and darkness. These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than establish a separate English equivalent in every verse.