Though desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they counted him as a prophet.
Luke 1:76 - English Majority Text Version "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you, little one, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go on before the face of the Lord to make ready His ways, [Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways; Common English Bible You, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way. Catholic Public Domain Version And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways: |
Though desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they counted him as a prophet.
"But if we should say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, for all consider John as a prophet."
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit,
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.' "
"But should we say, 'From men' "--they feared the people, for all had counted John to have been a prophet indeed.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.
And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy Baby which is to be born shall be called the Son of God.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping to receive nothing back; and your reward shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."
He is the One who comes after me, who has come to be before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal."
You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
This girl, following after Paul and us, was crying out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation."