Luke 20:6

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But if we answer, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are long since firmly convinced that John was a prophet.

Cross References

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, From men–we are afraid of and must reckon with the multitude, for they all regard John as a prophet.

Matthew 11:9

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [out of the common, more eminent, more remarkable, and] superior to a prophet.

Acts 5:26

Then the military leader went with the attendants and brought [the prisoners], but without violence, for they dreaded the people lest they be stoned by them.

John 10:41

And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true.

Luke 1:76

And you, little one, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go on before the face of the Lord to make ready His ways, [Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5.]

Mark 12:12

And they were trying to get hold of Him, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He spoke this parable with reference to and against them. So they left Him and departed. [Isa. 5:1-7.]

Matthew 26:5

But they said, It must not be during the Feast, for fear that there will be a riot among the people.

Matthew 21:46

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

Matthew 14:5

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

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God's purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].

Luke 20:5

And they argued and discussed [it] and reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?

Luke 20:7

So they replied that they did not know from where it came.