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But if we say, “Of human origin,” all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.’
But if we say, “Of human origin,” we’re afraid of the crowd, because everyone considers John to be a prophet.’
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.
Many came to him and said, ‘John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.’
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
‘Not during the festival,’ they said, ‘so there won’t be rioting among the people.’
Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd since they regarded John as a prophet.
But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptised by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves. )
They discussed it among themselves: ‘If we say, “From heaven,” he will say, “Why didn’t you believe him? ”
So they answered that they did not know its origin.