And the rod-carriers reported these words to the magistrates. And hearing that they were Romans, they were afraid.
And desiring to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they held him as a prophet.
And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they had Him as a prophet.
But when they bring you in before synagogues and rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall reply, or what you should say;
And it becoming day, the magistrates sent the rod-carriers, saying, Set those men free.
Then at once the ones being about to examine him stood away from him. And the chiliarch also feared, fully knowing that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.