ἰσχύω

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.