'Off' in the Bible

Immediately Jesus called to them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, and went away to follow Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].

One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.

And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

So the king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring back John’s head. And he went and had John beheaded in the prison,

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.

And after He said goodbye to them, He went to the mountain to pray.

He replied, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture],‘These people honor Me with their lips,But their heart is far from Me.

then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother [since helping them would violate his vow of Corban];

"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

[where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.]

And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Many angrily told him to leave off shouting; but he only cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have pity on me."

He threw off his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.

But one of those standing there drew his sword and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down.”

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;