What Does “Transgression” Mean in the Bible?
Knowingly failing in what one owes: to the law of God or to one’s duty.
A detail
- In the Bible: Peter said that Judas fell from his place as an apostle by his transgression.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 1:25; Hebrews 8:8
What the Bible says
Acts 1:25
To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.
Hebrews 8:8
For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “prevaricar”