Matthew 21:46

And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:7He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

Isaiah 29:1Ah altar, altar of the citie that Dauid dwelt in: adde yere vnto yere: let them kill lambs.

Matthew 21:26And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

Luke 7:39Nowe when the Pharise which bade him, saw it, he spake within himselfe, saying, If this man were a Prophet, hee woulde surely haue knowen who, and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

John 7:40So many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, Of a trueth this is that 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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