Luke 20:6

If we say from men all the people will stone us. They are persuaded that John was a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' we must fear the people, because they all recognize John to be a prophet.

Did you go to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet!

Herod wanted to put him to death but he feared the people since they believed John was a prophet.

They wanted to seize him, but feared the people, because the people saw Jesus as a prophet.

They insisted: Not during the feast; it could start a riot among the people.

They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they left him and went away.

Your child will be called the prophet of the Most High. You will go in advance of Jehovah God to make his ways ready. (Malachi 3:1)

What did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes I tell you and much more than a prophet.

Many came to him and they said: John indeed did not perform a single miracle. Yet everything John said about this man was true.

Then the captain with the officers brought them in without violence. They feared the people lest they should have been stoned.

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But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' we must fear the people, because they all recognize John to be a prophet.

They insisted: Not during the feast; it could start a riot among the people.

They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they left him and went away.

Then the captain with the officers brought them in without violence. They feared the people lest they should have been stoned.

and if I ask you, you will not answer.