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Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 21:46 · King James Version
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Matthew 21:46 in other translations
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.
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 unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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