Luke 20:6

New English Translation

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Cross References

Matthew 11:9

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

Matthew 14:5

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Matthew 21:46

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

Mark 12:12

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 20:5

So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Luke 20:7

So they replied that they did not know where it came from.

Luke 7:30

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

John 10:41

Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

Acts 5:26

Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).