Luke 20:6

Good News Translation

But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:9

Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet.

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the Jewish people, because they considered John to be a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.”

Matthew 21:46

so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”

Mark 12:12

The Jewish leaders tried to arrest Jesus, because they knew that he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Luke 1:76

“You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,

Luke 20:5

They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

Luke 20:7

So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.

John 10:41

Many people came to him. “John performed no miracles,” they said, “but everything he said about this man was true.”

Acts 5:26

So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.