Matthew 21:46

but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

45After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;

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Cross References

Matthew 21:26and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."

Luke 7:39Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, "This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him--and would know that she is an immoral woman."

John 7:40After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt 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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