This verb means to arrive before someone else, to anticipate or precede another in action. In classical usage it described outrunning or being beforehand in speech or action. Matthew employs this term in the temple tax narrative, where Jesus anticipates Peter's question before Peter can even ask it. The multilingual glosses emphasize the temporal priority: Spanish 'se le adelantó' (got ahead of him), French 'devancer' (to precede), pointing to Jesus' supernatural knowledge that allows him to speak first. This demonstrates Jesus' divine insight into human thoughts.