ἐπιλαμβάνω

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.