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Notes:
(1) In the
KJV
of Rom. 4:25; 5:15 (twice), 16-18, 20,
, “a trespass,”
is translated “offense.” See
TRESPASS
. (2) In 2 Cor. 11:7,
KJV
,
, a sin, is
translated “an offense.” See
SIN
.
B. Adjective.
(
$
, 677), akin to A, No. 3, with , negative, prefixed, is used
(a) in the active sense, “not causing to stumble,” in 1 Cor. 10:32, metaphorically of
“refraining from doing anything to lead astray” either Jews or Greeks or the church of
God (i.e., the local church),
RV
, “no occasion of stumbling” (
KJV
, “none offense”); (b) in
the passive sense, “blameless, without stumbling,” Acts 24:16, “(a conscience) void of
offense;” Phil. 1:10, “void of (
KJV
, without) offense.” The adjective is found occasionally
in the papyri writings.¶
OFFEND
(
&
, 4624), from
(
OFFENSE
, No. 1), signifies “to put a
snare or stumblingblock in the way,” always metaphorically in the NT, in the same ways
as the noun, which see. It is used 14 times in Matthew, 8 in Mark, twice in Luke, twice in
John; elsewhere in 1 Cor. 8:13 (twice) and 2 Cor. 11:29. It is absent in the most authentic
mss. in Rom. 14:21. The
RV
renders it by the verb “to stumble,” or “cause to stumble,” in
every place save the following, where it uses the verb “to offend,” Matt. 13:57; 15:12;
26:31, 33; Mark 6:3; 14:27, 29.
Notes:
(1) In Jas. 2:10; 3:2 (twice),
KJV
,
, “to stumble,” is translated “offend;”
see
FALL
,
STUMBLE
. (2) In Acts 25:8,
KJV
,
, to sin,” is translated “have I
offended;” see
SIN
.
OFFENDER
(
A !
, 3781), “a debtor,” is translated “offenders” in Luke 13:4,
RV
(
RV
and
KJV
marg., “debtors;”
KJV
, “sinners”). See
DEBTOR
.
Note:
In Acts 25:11,
KJV
,
, “to do wrong,” is translated “be an offender” (
RV
,
“am a wrong-doer”).
OFFER, OFFERING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$ !$
, 4374), primarily, “to bring to” (
, “to,”
, “to
bring”), also denotes “to offer,” (a) of the sacrifice of Christ Himself, Heb. 8:3; of Christ
in virtue of his High Priesthood (
RV
, “this
”;
KJV
, “this man”); 9:14, 25
(negative), 28; 10:12; (b) of offerings under, or according to, the Law, e.g., Matt. 8:4;
Mark 1:44; Acts 7:42; 21:26; Heb. 5:1, 3; 8:3; 9:7, 9; 10:1-2, 8, 11; (c) of “offerings”
previous to the Law, Heb. 11:4, 17 (of Isaac by Abraham); (d) of gifts “offered” to Christ,
Matt. 2:11,
RV
, “offered” (
KJV
, “presented unto”); (e) of prayers “offered” by Christ, Heb.
5:7; (f) of the vinegar “offered” to Him in mockery by the soldiers at the cross, Luke
23:36; (g) of the slaughter of disciples by persecutors, who think they are “offering”
service to God, John 16:2,
RV
(
KJV
, “doeth”); (h) of money “offered” by Simon the
sorcerer, Acts 8:18. See
BRING
, A, No. 8,
DEAL WITH
, No. 2.