Matthew 14:5
And although he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they counted him as a prophet.
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In Context
4For John would say to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Cross References
Matthew 11:9But really, what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
Matthew 21:32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, yet when you saw it you did not afterward repent, so as to believe him.
Mark 11:30The baptism of John: was it from heaven or from men?”
Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
Acts 5:26Then the captain went with the operatives and brought them without violence, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →