Bible verse
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
Matthew 21:46 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 21.
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
KJV
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
ASV
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
ERV
And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
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