Verb parabiazomai (to constrain) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Luke

24: 29But they constrained (parabiazomai) him, saying, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.

Acts

16: 15When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she constrained (parabiazomai) us.