Luke 20:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:9

What did you really go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was. I tell you that he was more than a prophet.

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John. But the people thought John was a prophet, and Herod was afraid of what they might do.

Matthew 21:26

On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”

Matthew 21:46

So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”

Mark 12:12

The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called a prophet of God in heaven above. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Luke 20:5

They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Luke 20:7

So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.

John 10:41

many people came to him. They were saying, “John didn't perform any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true.”

Acts 5:26

The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.