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]} ”
Mark 12:12 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they were trying to get hold of Him, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He spoke this parable with reference to and against them. So they left Him and departed. [Isa. 5:1-7.] American Standard Version (1901) And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away. Common English Bible They wanted to arrest Jesus because they knew that he had told the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away. Catholic Public Domain Version And they sought to take hold of him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had spoken this parable about them. And leaving him behind, they went away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way. |
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]} ”
Those men heard what Jesus said, and they were amazed. They left him and went away.
The leading priests and the teachers of the law heard these things. They began trying to find a way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of Jesus because all the people were amazed at his teaching.
But we can’t say that John’s baptism was from someone else.” (These leaders were afraid of the people, because the people believed that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [151]})
The teachers of the law and the leading priests heard this story that Jesus told. They knew this story was about them. So they wanted to arrest Jesus at that time. But they were afraid of what the people would do.
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]} ”
Then some of the people that lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill.
When Jesus said this, the people tried to get him. But no person was able to touch Jesus. It was not yet the right time \{for Jesus to be killed\}.
Some of the people wanted to arrest Jesus. But no person tried to do this.