'Violence' in the Bible
From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,
But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.