Matthew 21:46 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴⁶ But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the throngs because they regarded Him as a prophet.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ They were trying to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, who thought he was a prophet.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ 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

⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:46 Cross References

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Isaiah 29:1

Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts run their round.

Matthew 21:11

And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Matthew 21:26

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

Matthew 21:45

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

Matthew 22:1

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

Mark 11:18

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

Luke 7:16

Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”

Luke 7:39

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 sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”

John 7:30

So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

Acts 2:22

“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—