Lexicon :: Strong's G2902 - krateō

For Herod had John arrested and bound him and put him in prison [at the fortress of Machaerus, east of the Jordan, to keep him away] because of [fn]Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Day after day I used to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me.

Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to [fn]Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) had gathered [[fn]illegally] together.

For Herod himself had sent [guards] and had John arrested and shackled in prison because of [fn]Herodias, the wife of his [half-] brother Philip, because he (Herod) had married her.

“You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”

And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.

It was now two days before the Passover and [the festival of] Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were searching for a deceitful way to arrest Jesus and kill Him;

A young [fn]man was following Him, wearing [only] a linen sheet over his naked body; and some men seized him.

Now while he was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly amazed, ran together and crowded around them at the covered porch called Solomon’s portico.

So when the south wind blew softly, thinking that they had obtained their goal, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.

Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior].

“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in [fn]Ephesus write:

These are the words of the One who holds [firmly] the seven stars [which are the angels or messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands (the seven churches):

‘I know where you dwell, [a place] where Satan sits enthroned. Yet you are holding fast to My name, and you did not deny [fn]My faith even in the days of [fn]Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) among you, where Satan dwells.

After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back the [fn]four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.