Mark 6:20
For Herod reverenced John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and preserved him: and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, Of men: we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they accounted him a prophet.
Mark 4:16
And these are they likewise who have received the seed on stony ground, who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy: But have not root in themselves, and so indure but for a time:
Mark 11:18
And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his teaching.
John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.