So what did you go out to see? A prophet {\cf2\super [135]} ? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.
Luke 20:6 - Easy To Read Version But if we say that John’s baptism was from someone else, \{not God,\} then all the people will kill us with rocks. They will kill us because they believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [313]} ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if we answer, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are long since firmly convinced that John was a prophet. American Standard Version (1901) But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. Common English Bible But if we say, ‘It’s of human origin,’ all the people will stone us to death because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if we say, 'Of men,' the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if we say, Of men, the whole people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. |
So what did you go out to see? A prophet {\cf2\super [135]} ? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.
Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people. The people believed that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [199]}
But we can’t say John's baptism was from someone else. We are afraid of the people, because they all believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [296]} ”
They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid of the people, because the people believed that Jesus was a prophet. {\cf2\super [304]}
The men in the meeting said, “We cannot arrest Jesus during Passover. {\cf2\super [394]} We don’t want the people to become angry and cause a riot.”
These Jewish leaders heard this story that Jesus told. They knew that this story was about them. So they wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid of the people. So the Jewish leaders left Jesus and went away.
“Now you, little boy, will be called a prophet {\cf2\super [25]} of the Most High (God).\par You will go first before the Lord\par to make the people ready\par for the Lord’s coming.\par
The priests, the teachers of the law, and the Jewish leaders all talked about this. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s baptism was from God,’ then he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe John?’
But the Pharisees {\cf2\super [137]} and teachers of the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)
and many people came to him. The people said, “John never did a miracle. {\cf2\super [174]} But everything John said about this man (Jesus) is true.”
Then the captain and his men went out and brought the apostles back. But the soldiers did not use force, because they were afraid of the people. The soldiers were afraid that the people would \{become angry and\} kill them (the soldiers) with rocks.