Matthew 14:5 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁵ And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Although he wished to have him put to death, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded John as a prophet.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Common English Bible

⁵ Although Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they thought John was a prophet.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

Matthew 14:5 Cross References

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet.”

Matthew 11:9

Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Acts 5:26

Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

Acts 4:21

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

Jeremiah 26:21

And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.