Matthew 21:46 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the throngs because they regarded Him as a prophet. American Standard Version (1901) And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet. Common English Bible They were trying to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, who thought he was a prophet. Catholic Public Domain Version And though they sought to take hold of him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet. |
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The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him, for they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching.
Fear seized all of them, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
Then they tried to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him because his hour had not yet come.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.
“Fellow Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know—