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Matthew 21:46
And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.
Matthew 21:46 · Geneva Bible
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Matthew 21:46 in other translations
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
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In context
43 Therefore say I vnto you, The kingdome of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giuen to a nation, which shall bring foorth the fruites thereof.
44 And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will dash him a pieces.
45 And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.
46 And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.
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