'Seized' in the Bible
but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, and murdered them.
"Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly.
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
Day after day I used to be among you in the Temple teaching, and you never seized me. But this is happening in order that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.'
Amazement seized them all. "Glory to God!" was the abiding feeling. Yet fear flashed through their minds and they said, "We have seen strange things to-day."
For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.
In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin.
But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them off to the magistrates in the public square.
This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed that he was a Roman citizen.
"It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.
For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.