Matthew 14:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 26:21

And king Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and leaders, heard these words. And so the king sought to put him to death. And Uriah heard, and was afraid, and fled, and he entered into Egypt.

Matthew 11:9

Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we have the crowd to fear, for they all hold John to be a prophet."

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, 'Of men,' the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet."

Acts 4:21

But they, threatening them, sent them away, having not found a way that they might punish them because of the people. For all were glorifying the things that had been done in these events.

Acts 5:26

Then the magistrate, with the attendants, went and brought them without force. For they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.