'Off' in the Bible

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

“Then the Lord said to him:Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up!” Then the chains fell off his wrists.

Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.

But they shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.

Then, being sent off, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

There was such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

Then the mob joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and the day after, we came to Miletus.

They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this person off the earth—it’s a disgrace for him to live!”

After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.

Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.

After casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

However, he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.