Matthew 21:46
And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
45And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
Isaiah 29:1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.
Matthew 21:26but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.
Luke 7:39And the Pharisee who had invited him, seeing it, spoke with himself saying, This [person] if he were a prophet would have known who and what the woman is who touches him, for she is a sinner.
John 7:40[Some] out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly 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 →