In Matthew it reads: «From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of
violence take it by force.
Jesus said (after His compliment of John the Baptist), «Until now the kingdom advanced by violent men,
who took it by force.»
6:15), where the motive for Jesus» withdrawal afterwards is to prevent the
crowd taking him by force «to make him king»; yet it marks the height of his popular success in Galilee (cf. 6:53 - 56).
44But I say to you, love your enemies and bless the one who curses you, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates you, and pray over those
who take you by force and persecute you.
It's ours now because
we took it by force and because they wouldn't share it.
Theen - The National Socialists did not assume power by winning a vote,
they took it by force.
When told they can share the treasure, the Valley People instead decided to
take it all by force.
Nothing was «returned» to you...
you took it by force... nice try.
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violence (biazetai), and men of violence (biastai) plunder it (harpazoysin)(RSV:
take it by force; NEB: are seizing it).
But «perceiving that they were about to come and
take him by force and make him king, Jesus withdrew... (John 6:15) Likewise, on Palm Sunday, amid the clamor of the crowds, «Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it.»
You are free to ask someone you like to have sex with you, you don't get to
take it by force.
When
you take it by force, no more wealth will be made.
Jesus scorns those who would try to bring the kingdom about through their own efforts: «From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence
take it by force» (Matt.
They took it by force, not by a supernatural «entltlement».
The kingdom of heaven suffers violence n violence
takes it by force.
If they want to be successful, it's no longer enough to simply turn up and be presented with a prize; if we want success, we have to go to every single match and
take it by force.
For Yadin, the story went back to the Exodus of Jewish slaves from Egypt, when Moses» general, Joshua, was said to storm the land of Canaan and
take it by force.
The land he had chosen for his new city belonged to Sweden, so
he took it by force.