Matthew 21:46

And they went about to laye handes on hym, but they feared the multitudes, because they toke him as a prophet.

Bible (Bishops')

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 the chiefe priestes and pharisees had heard his parables, they perceaued that he spake of them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:7Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.

Isaiah 29:1Wo vnto thee O Ariel Ariel, thou citie that Dauid dwelt in: Go on from yere to yere, and let the lambes be slayne.

Matthew 21:26But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all [men] holde Iohn as a prophete.

Luke 7:39When the pharisee which had bydden hym, sawe, he spake within hym selfe, saying: If this man were a prophete, he woulde surely knowe who, & what maner of woman this is, that touched hym, for she is a sinner.

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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