Matthew 21:46

And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the multitude, because they accounted him as a prophet.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:26And if we should say, From men; we are afraid of the multitude, for they all hold John as a prophet.

Luke 7:39And when the Pharisee that invited him, saw it, he thought within himself, and said: If this man were a prophet, he would know who she is, and what is her reputation; for the woman that toucheth him, is a sinner.

John 7:40And many of the multitude who heard his discourses, said: Certainly, he is a 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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