Matthew 21:46
They wanted him arrested, but they were afraid of what the people would do because the people believed he was a prophet.
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Proverbs 9:7If you correct a mocker all you get are insults; if you argue with the wicked all you get is abuse.
Isaiah 29:1Tragedy is coming to you Ariel, Ariel the city where David lived! Year after year you have your festivals.
Matthew 21:26But if we say, ‘It was from human beings,’ then the crowd will turn against us, because they all consider John to be a prophet.”
Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this he said to himself, “If this man was really a prophet he would know who this woman was who's touching him, and what kind of person she was—that she's a sinner!”
John 7:40When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This man is definitely 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 →