Matthew 21:46
They sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the multitude, because they held him to be a prophet.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
45And when the chief priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
Cross References
Matthew 21:26But if we shall say, From men; we fear the people; for all hold that John was a prophet.
Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.
John 7:40Many of the people, when they heard this, said, Truly this is 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 →