'Violence' in the Bible

Then the captain went with the officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because they were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned).

But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.

When Paul got to the steps, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

but Lysias the commander came, and with great force took him out of our hands,

On the next day, as we were being violently tossed about by the storm [and taking on water], they began to jettison the cargo;