.John chapter 16, vs 6                                   Jesus Christ speaking

… I AM … the way … the truth … and … the life … no one … comes to the … Father … except through Me …

 

John chapter 6, vs 65                                    Jesus Christ speaking

… no one can come to Me … unless … the Father has enabled them …

 

John chapter 6, vs 44                                    Jesus Christ speaking

… no one can come to Me … unless … the … Father … Who sent Me … draws them … and … I … will raise them up at the last day …

 

John chapter 3, vs 5 - 6                                 Jesus Christ speaking

… no one can enter the Kingdom of God ( Kingdom of Heaven ) without being born of water and the Spirit of God … what is born of flesh is flesh … and … what is born of the Spirit of God is spirit …

 

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Matthew chapter 11, vs 12                          Jesus Christ speaking

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… the Kingdom of Heaven ( Kingdom of God ) is coming and those eager to receive it will grasp it …

 

… so … depending on the English translation of the Holy Bible this verse can be interpreted several different ways … in our analysis … the teaching reflects that the grace of salvation through ongoing faith in Jesus Christ God our Lord and Savior reflects an eagerness in that person for the redemption which is offered to us by the … life … death on the cross … and … resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ … a redemption which provides … those who are eager for it … everlasting life with God forever …

 

… in our translation above … the English word … eager … in many translations is often translated as … violent … this is Greek noun … BIASTES … Strong# Greek 973 … the best literal meanings include … forceful … though in the context of eager … or … energetic … or … violent … the root of BIASTES is Greek verb … BIAZO … Strong# Greek 971 … the best literal meanings includes … to move forward or press forward with force or violence … the root of BIAZO is Greek noun … BIOS … Strong# Greek 979 … the best literal meanings includes … life … or … lively hood … within the context of the manner in which it is lived …

 

… in our translation above the English word … receive … is Greek verb … BIAZO … Strong# Greek 971 … the best literal meanings includes … to move forward or press forward with force or violence … the root of BIAZO is Greek noun … BIOS … Strong# Greek 979 … the best literal meanings includes … life … or … lively hood … within the context of the manner in which it is lived …

 

… in the translation above … the English word … grasp … is Greek verb … HARPAZO … Strong# Greek 726 …  the best literal meanings include … to catch up … or … to snatch away … or … to seize … or … to pick up and take away with energetic or violent force … or … to pluck … or … to take to e.g. oneself … the root of HARPAZO is Greek verb … HAIREO … Strong# Greek 138 … the best literal meanings include … to take for oneself … or … to take an action chosen by an individual for themselves …

 

Matthew chapter 11, vs 12                          Jesus Christ speaking

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… the Kingdom of Heaven ( Kingdom of God ) is coming and those eager to receive it will grasp it …

 

… so … we have no objection to the frame of many English translations which interpret the verse as the Kingdom of Heaven being claimed by the violent violently … however … both the immediate context and the general teaching by Jesus suggests something more important is happening … our analysis suggests that the better model is presented in the miraculous healing of the woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years … desperation reaching out to receive the grace of God with joy gladness and thanksgiving …. Matthew chapter 9, vs 20 - 22 … Mark chapter 5, vs 25 - 29 … Luke chapter 8, vs 41 - 48 …