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Luke 16:16

Entereth violently into it (eiv authn biazetai). A corresponding saying occurs in Matthew 11:12 in a very different context. In both the verb biazetai, occurs also, but nowhere else in the N.T. It is present middle here and can be middle or passive in Matthew, which see. It is rare in late prose. Deissmann (Bible Studies, p. 258) cites an inscription where biazomai is reflexive middle and used absolutely. Here the meaning clearly is that everyone forces his way into the kingdom of God, a plea for moral enthusiasm and spiritual passion and energy that some today affect to despise.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 16:16:

Matthew 11:12
Romans 10:4

 

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