Matthew 21:46

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

In Context

45And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:7He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

Isaiah 29:1Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

Matthew 21:26But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

John 7:40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:34-46

The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more… Read the whole commentary →

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