Matthew 21:46

And they sought to apprehend him, but feared the people, because as a prophet they regarded him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 chief priests and Pharishee heard his comparisons, they knew that concerning themselves he had spoken.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:26And if we shall say, From men, we fear from the crowd; for all have regarded Juchanon as a prophet.

Luke 7:39But when the Pharisha who had invited him saw (this), he thought within himself and said, Were this a prophet, he would know who this is and what is her report, for this woman is a sinner who toucheth him.

John 7:40Now many of the assemblies who heard his words 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 →

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