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Verb harpazō (to take by force, to snatch) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV)
Matthew
| 11: 12 | From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force (harpazō). |
| 12: 29 | Or how can one enter a strong man's house and take by force (harpazō) his property, without first tying up the strong man? Then indeed the house can be plundered. |
| 13: 19 | When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches (harpazō) away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. |
John
| 6: 15 | When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force (harpazō) to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. |
| 10: 12 | The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away — and the wolf snatches (harpazō) them and scatters them. |
| 10: 28 | I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch (harpazō) them out of my hand. |
| 10: 29 | What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch (harpazō) it out of the Father's hand. |
Acts
| 8: 39 | When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched (harpazō) Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. |
| 23: 10 | When the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go down, take him by force (harpazō), and bring him into the barracks. |
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